Places grantavery Wants to Go

Finland's oldest astronomical observatory once played a crucial role in seafaring and timekeeping.

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

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

These 5,000-year-old cave paintings provide a glimpse into prehistoric Finnish life.

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

The smallest restaurant in the world.

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

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

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.

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

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

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

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

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

This fantastical icy castle is built anew every winter.

Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.

This massive Trojan ursine was built to be a new tourist symbol for a small Swedish town.

Believed to be the country's tallest waterfall, the Njupeskär is actually much smaller.

Sweden's oldest street has not changed for nearly a millennium.

A steel paper plane is all that remains of a crashed aircraft that caused an amazingly small amount of damage.

This gem from the industrial age helps visitors and residents alike traverse hilly Stockholm.

This poignant sculpture of a gnarled weapon is a symbol of non-violence.

When this 18th-century observatory's meridian was moved, it set Sweden's time back by 0.04 seconds.

According to legend, this boat-shaped henge is built over the grave of a mythic king.