"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.

A unique sculpture calls the outside of this steakhouse home.

A secluded art gallery hidden within the cellars beneath Tallinn’s medieval monastery.

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

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

This ten-ton fruit sculpture celebrates the Finland homeland.

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

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

This restaurant combines two Finnish traditions in one place: warm-weather relaxation and outdoor carpet-cleaning.

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

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

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

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

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

A collection of collections ranging from dentistry to minerals.

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

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

Outside a Viking museum sits a modern-day runestone made by a Swedish runemaster using traditional methods.

Enormous ants wielding giant pine needles guard a Stockholm real estate company's office.

It's always game time at Stockholm's only museum devoted solely to video games.

The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.

A Japanese video game arcade hides in the back of a Swedish pool hall.

One of the world's oldest continuously operating meteorological stations sits on a hill in Stockholm.

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