A memorial to 350 people burned at the stake for witchcraft.

St George's Leprosy Museum depicts the gruesome afflictions of those suffering from the disease.

One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.

A microbiologist-chef is slinging noodles with hyperlocal Nordic ingredients.

The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.

This floating sculpture of ice is a poignant reminder of nature's power.

In downtown Oslo, a menacing and terrifying relief clings to a church wall.

This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.

An enigmatic monument to the Irish revolutionary who plotted an uprising against British rule.

The oldest public library in Ireland.

A statue in the center of Dublin dedicated to one of their favorite sons of rock & roll.

This courtly monument celebrates an influential comedian who turned taking the piss out of the powers-that-be into an art.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

The house where the writer spent his formative years.

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

A mysterious plaque to the even more mysterious "Fr. Pat Noise," killed in "suspicious circumstances."

The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.

Dublin's most modern, visually spectacular bridge is modeled after Ireland's national emblem.

A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.

Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.

This unique building in the main square stands out among the city's typically Baroque architecture.

A centuries-old forgotten underworld lies beneath Malta.

The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.

This church is named for one of the most dramatic tales in the early Christian church.