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

This ten-ton fruit sculpture celebrates the Finland homeland.

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

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

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

The last surviving submarine from a strange chapter of Finnish history.

This church also serves as a lighthouse complete with a beacon.

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

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

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

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

This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.

An ancient Viking runestone hidden in plain view in Stockholm's old town.

The palace for King Gustav III was never completed, but the foundation remains tucked away in this city park.

When this 18th-century observatory's meridian was moved, it set Sweden's time back by 0.04 seconds.

This grisly exhibit houses skeletons and weapons from a devastating 14th-century clash.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

Housing the famous Norwegian ice-defying 19th century polar exploration ship.

Tens of thousands of tiny bottles stuffed with various items.

Across the Pacific in a raft, a museum dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl's now legendary expedition.

A microbiologist-chef is slinging noodles with hyperlocal Nordic ingredients.

Once silenced for being off-key, this bell has found a new voice as an interactive public artwork.