Places chrisferry Wants to Go

Relics from an era long gone, sit idle outside this Estonian museum.

Disused seaplane hangar gets a second life as the jaw-dropping home of Estonia's museum of maritime history.

A secluded art gallery hidden within the cellars beneath Tallinn’s medieval monastery.

An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.

A giant gorilla made of used car tires used to sit sentinel over a Helsinki college campus.

Villas that once served as playgrounds for the rich now fall away in decay.

This building featuring Brutalist architecture has a rich media production history.

This restaurant combines two Finnish traditions in one place: warm-weather relaxation and outdoor carpet-cleaning.

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

The tiny, studious rodents greet visitors to the National Archives of Finland.

A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.

A collection of collections ranging from dentistry to minerals.

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

A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.

An artist's mausoleum with a haunting echo.

Housing the famous Norwegian ice-defying 19th century polar exploration ship.

A small collection of magic tricks and memorabilia is now an apartment-sized museum.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

The Brutalist building harbors an unusual inverted dome that swoops down over its central sacred room.

The painter of "The Scream" is laid to rest under a stoic bust of himself in the humble corner of an Oslo cemetery.

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

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

This record shop and unofficial black metal museum is an ode to Oslo's heaviest musical export.