One of the oldest family businesses in Reykjavík serves lamb-based hot dogs.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

Atop this electronic store resides a massive fighter jet.

Unusual British home built to disguise a water tower.

This trio of neolithic stone monuments are fabled to be a king and his knights that were petrified by a witch.

These large stone piles are ancient burial sites.

These lakeside pictographs were some of the first pieces of prehistoric artwork found in Finland.

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

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.

If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.

Collection of nearly 500 concrete figures sculpted by the late Veijo Rönkkönen.

An incredibly durable timepiece glows beneath shoppers' feet.

Finnish lake, and scene of an infamous murder mystery.

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

Crawling into this primordial cave may feel disconcertingly familiar.

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

This small Estonian hill is covered in hand-made twig crosses that are said to bring good luck.

Menacing or in memoriam, the Silent People and their meaning are left to interpretation.

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

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

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

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

Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.