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

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

An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.

The animals wander freely amid this gorgeous stretch of nature.

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

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.

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

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

An incredibly durable timepiece glows beneath shoppers' feet.

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

A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.

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

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

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

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

An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.

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

These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.

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

This attraction is devoted to the wonders of steam power and features a replica of one of its most public disasters.

One of the largest museums in Ukraine remembers the story of the German-Soviet War in iconic, brutalist style.

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.