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

This misspelled graffiti reappears every time it is removed.

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

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

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

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

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

The etchings on this narrow channel between two islands bear witness to maritime travelers who have passed through since the Middle Ages.

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

Nuclear waste experts study this prehistoric crater lake to envision landscapes one million years in the future.

Pigduck of Turku.

The tallest lighthouse in the Nordic countries was also the site of a bloody World War II battle.

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

The smallest restaurant in the world.

Fortifications built for a Soviet invasion that never came now sit abandoned in a losing battle against nature.

A 246-foot-high revolving restaurant rises unexpectedly from a forested Finnish hilltop.

Finnish lake, and scene of an infamous murder mystery.

A beautiful Arctic museum and nature center preserves the culture of the Sámi people.

A little-known sculpture park of contemporary environmental art in a Lapland forest.

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.

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

Hidden deep in a forest is this geological wonder carved by glaciers.

A replica of the home of a famous fictional troll family.

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