Places Lillive Wants to Go

One of the oldest structures in Helsinki is this burrow grave that dates back to the Bronze Age.

Dedicated to the outnumbered Finnish forces who pushed back Soviet forces during the conflict.

This former hospital was once one of the oldest mental health facilities in Europe.

The door to the museum holds a unique artifact from the Finnish Civil War.

This ten-ton fruit sculpture celebrates the Finland homeland.

In the waters outside Helsinki, a tiny island once used as a military outpost now welcomes visitors.

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

On a small island, a replica of a Finnish village from the Iron Age.

These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.

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

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

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

A collection of collections ranging from dentistry to minerals.

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

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

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

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

A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.

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

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

A monument to peace, built by one man over the course of 25 years.

Browse through a century of this principality's first popular export.

A small museum showcasing various communication equipment and laptops in the middle of the southeast Estonia countryside.

Explore 150 years of Estonian rail history in a terminal once built for Tsar Nicholas II.