Icelandic folklore says this giant boulder was ripped from the mountains and placed at its current location, where it became home to elves.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

Latvia’s first skyscraper, nicknamed ‘Stalin’s birthday cake.’

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

This celebration of Latvia’s freedom and independence avoided demolition over half a century of Soviet occupation.

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.

A statue built to honor the elite soldiers who fought for Latvia during World War I.

A monument to the defenders of the Arctic in Murmansk, Russia.

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

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

The world's largest underground iron ore mine.

These coffin-like Brutalist balconies were inspired by a nearby mine.

The world's first ice hotel is still one of the most elaborate and beautiful.

A medieval village, with red wooden cottages around a stone church, stands as a well-preserved example of a settlement type that was once common in northern Sweden.

The world's first purpose-built indoor shopping mall opened in Sweden in 1955.

Explore the frozen river and take a walk to a nearby island on some of the longest ice roads in Sweden.

The cheese slicer may be a Norwegian invention, but the biggest ones in the world are found in Sweden.

A sculpture capturing the emotional moment when a refugee boy realizes he is about to be deported.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

This hill made entirely of ancient Roman jars was simply a garbage dump to the people of the time.

Gods clash with machines in a power plant regenerated as a museum.

One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.