This cobblestoned medieval-style town was entirely constructed in the 1990s and 2000s.

A modern, secular take on a traditional Virgin Mary motif.

Home to 200 plaster casts of Scandinavian proboscises.

A museum glorifying the life of Stalin, located in the city of his birth.

Small church on top of a huge rock column.

These Stalin-era industrial 'death traps' hang lifeless above the city

This neon lit Georgian cave claims to hold the boulder Prometheus was chained to.

A literally moving statue of stacked metal giants just continually trying (and failing) to find love.

Tower with a double-helix spiral, adorned with letters of the Georgian alphabet.

Despite being tiny and rural this Georgian airport looks like a sci-fi boondoggle.

Fortified homes of highland warriors that are still in use today.

Unusual building appears to be haphazardly built from randomly piled bricks.

Only spot in the world where an HVDC powerline, a single phase AC and a three phase AC powerline all meet.

His body was found mysteriously preserved in a Swedish mine over 40 years after his initial disappearance.

This one-room museum is dedicated to Norwegian history and jokes.

At the very tippity-top of Europe is a cliff from which you can view the midnight sun.

The world's northernmost aquarium looks like it has fallen over.

This functioning parish church is also the site of many concert performances due to its wonderful acoustics.

The great polar explorer is remembered in this far northern town, where he embarked on his final expedition.

This Arctic storage facility is a secure backup for agricultural biodiversity.

This abandoned mining village was predicted to resist decay longer than any other modern human settlement.

In the northernmost city in the world, it's illegal to be buried because it’s too cold for bodies to decompose.

The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.

A historic scientific breakthrough that crosses nine borders.