Places KingSmithy Wants to Go

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

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

This disused church, left to the elements of the Arctic Circle's forests is open for exploration.

Every summer, an open-air swimming pool appears at the base of a Finnish city's beloved winter attraction.

A rare octagonal brick beacon on an isolated island in the Baltic.

A replica of the home of a famous fictional troll family.

In the Hugging Tree Forest, lingonberry marshmallows, hot chocolates, and the best campfire lattes north of the Arctic Circle come to you.

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

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

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

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

This building featuring Brutalist architecture has a rich media production history.

One of the world's most unusual events combines headbanging and needlework.

A lumberjack in Finnish Lapland did not want to cut down his Arctic pines, so he offered them up to be adopted by nature-lovers.

A long-disputed lighthouse built on the wrong side of a Finnish/Swedish island.

No matter how many times this community-run sauna gets destroyed, it always rises from the ashes.

The last permanent exhibit dedicated to the Soviet leader.

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.

Pigduck of Turku.

Nuclear waste experts study this prehistoric crater lake to envision landscapes one million years in the future.

These Finnish rapids have been attracting tourists for over a hundred years and are now released with the push of a button.

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

The smallest restaurant in the world.