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

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.

Architecturally stunning library serves as the hub of Finnish scholarly life and culture.

These Finnish rapids have been attracting tourists for over a hundred years and are now released with the push of a button.

Legend has this precariously placed rock was placed by giants. Science has another explanation.

Collection of nearly 500 concrete figures sculpted by the late Veijo Rönkkönen.

A little church on a tiny island looks like something from a fairy tale.

This intricately spiralling forest was created as a monumental work of art.

The city that saw the birth of Sweden is now home to an impressive collection of work from its favorite artist.

The world's oldest individual clonal tree looks like a wimp despite standing tall for 9,550 years.

Winter roadtrips are a little more exciting on this seasonal, slippery expansion of Sweden's national highway system.

An ornate Thai pavilion in the middle of Sweden.

A botched 18th-century canal silenced one of Sweden's most magnificent waterfalls.

Said to be one of Sweden's most haunted places, this vicarage once even attracted a ghost-busting priest.

A series of modernist treehouse hotel rooms grace the outskirts of an Arctic forest.

This little gallery is devoted to one small town's passion for a very special cheese.

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

Menacing or in memoriam, the Silent People and their meaning are left to interpretation.

This fantastical icy castle is built anew every winter.

Quality time with reindeer in the stunning scenery of their natural Lappish habitat above the Arctic Circle.

This disused church, left to the elements of the Arctic Circle's forests is open for exploration.

The people murdered during a 17th-century Norwegian witch hunt have been honored with a pair of stark, modern installations.

Citizens of Norway want to gift the peak of Mount Halti to Finland for its 100th birthday.