Places JonAkzar Wants to Go

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

This abandoned villa of makeshift buildings was once the home of dancer Elis Sinistö.

This intricately spiralling forest was created as a monumental work of art.

This lonely rock has been turned into a character loved and feared by children.

This cairn marks the only place where Central European Time, Eastern European Time, and Further-eastern European Time meet.

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

The tiny, studious rodents greet visitors to the National Archives of Finland.

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

This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.

Crawling into this primordial cave may feel disconcertingly familiar.

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

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

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

This fantastical icy castle is built anew every winter.

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

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

The "geometrical" center of the country, as calculated in 1947.

This statue standing near Sweden's southernmost point was based on the grandmother of a modern movie star.

This former peat factory was transformed into an observatory before being abandoned once again.

Not far from the busy city lie these remains of a time when the world was on fire.

Believed to be the first museum dedicated to the films in the world.

For decades, these ships have been lying in rust awaiting a final decision on their fate.

These waste baskets play a few risque messages to discourage littering.

Wooden cutouts of the fictional family from the popular Swedish comic strip take a stroll along the side of the road.