Places akiraa1 Wants to Go

Home to the finest collection of peasant boats in Finland.

These large stone piles are ancient burial sites.

This island castle now hosts a world-famous opera festival.

A Finnish artist's unique fauna statuary.

This misspelled graffiti reappears every time it is removed.

A stick-sprouting statue watching a duo of disembodied dancing deities.

Visit Finnish architect Matti Suuronen's first UFO-shaped home.

An incredibly durable timepiece glows beneath shoppers' feet.

Hundreds of signs pointing to the birthplaces of current Helsinki residents form stalactites on the ceiling of the cave-like Kamppi metro station.

Extraordinary animals sculpted from leftover junk.

This church also serves as a lighthouse complete with a beacon.

Atop this electronic store resides a massive fighter jet.

Every summer, an open-air swimming pool appears at the base of a Finnish city's beloved winter attraction.

One of the oldest structures in Helsinki is this burrow grave that dates back to the Bronze Age.

This former hospital was once one of the oldest mental health facilities in Europe.

A long-disputed lighthouse built on the wrong side of a Finnish/Swedish island.

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

A rare octagonal brick beacon on an isolated island in the Baltic.

This once-mighty brick factory is now a unique museum experience.

The door to the museum holds a unique artifact from the Finnish Civil War.

A cathedral resurrected from the ashes of one of Europe's greatest urban fires.

This honeycomb-textured tafone looks like a petrified troll head.

More than 200 eclectic sculptures surround the artist's home.

This ten-ton fruit sculpture celebrates the Finland homeland.