Influential area residents from the past and present came to life Wednesday at the Jake Menghini Historical Museum in Norway.

At the Alta Museum, there are late-Stone Age petroglyphs ... wilderness on a beginner’s adventure. Hikers can explore Norway's Arctic landscape with the company of huskies.

Like much of northern Norway, Alta was scorched by the Nazis ... For another local experience, the Alta Museum is devoted to rock art and carvings that date back as far as 7,000 years and are ...

The Alta Museum in Norway has tracked the history of northern lights imagery. It can be tough to trace back to a true "first" photo. The museum said Danish teacher and astrophysicist Sophus ...

ALTA, Norway -- Jan Egil Bakkedal had just prepared himself a sandwich when he heard a huge noise and realized that it was a landslide after which he ran out and filmed it from a nearby hill in ...

In the early 1970's, a spectacular find was made at Alta in the north of Norway. More than 5,000 rock carving were discovered, some of them over 6,000 years old The stylized figures, hewn info the ...

It’s one of the best places in Europe to observe the northern lights, but Alta offers so much more to do while waiting for the dark skies to unveil the magic of the aurora borealis.

ALTA, Norway -- Jan Egil Bakkedal had just prepared himself a sandwich when he heard a huge noise and realized that it was a landslide after which he ran out and filmed it from a nearby hill in ...

ALTA, Norway -- Jan Egil Bakkedal had just prepared himself a sandwich when he heard a huge noise and realized that it was a landslide after which he ran out and filmed it from a nearby hill in ...