The statue of a legendary giant who carried Christ and shouldered the world's sins.

The ruins of an Estonian prison are drowning in the quarry lake where the convicts were once forced to work.

This soviet pilot's graveyard is filled with headstones made of airplane fins.

A monument commemorating the 852 lives lost in the sinking of the MS Estonia.

During the Soviet era, the spire of this longstanding church was used as a radio transmission tower.

Rubbing the buttons along this statue's coat is considered good luck.

A unique sculpture calls the outside of this steakhouse home.

Dedicated to the outnumbered Finnish forces who pushed back Soviet forces during the conflict.

Finland's oldest astronomical observatory once played a crucial role in seafaring and timekeeping.

Finland's northernmost zoo is home to the country's only polar bears.

This Finnish town on the Arctic Circle is trademarked as the Official Hometown of Santa Claus.

The world's largest underground iron ore mine.

At the very tippity-top of Europe is a cliff from which you can view the midnight sun.

The world's northernmost aquarium looks like it has fallen over.

The great polar explorer is remembered in this far northern town, where he embarked on his final expedition.

The world's most charming instant portrait studio also happens to be its smallest.

This functioning parish church is also the site of many concert performances due to its wonderful acoustics.

If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.

This solitary convex mirror sculpture at an abandoned ferry station at the edge of a fjord reflects the scenery back at the viewer.

A collection documenting Nazi occupation of Norway, including a painting believed to be made by Hitler.

A stoic sculpture that overlooks the waters.

World's strongest whirlpool.

The world's first and only escalator for lazy bicycles and their daunted riders.

A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.