The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Extraordinary animals sculpted from leftover junk.

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

This bed and breakfast is steeped in history and offers guests a unique way to experience nature—glass igloos on a frozen lake.

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

The tallest lighthouse in the Nordic countries was also the site of a bloody World War II battle.

Finland's northernmost zoo is home to the country's only polar bears.

This intricately spiralling forest was created as a monumental work of art.

Pigduck of Turku.

This lonely rock has been turned into a character loved and feared by children.

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

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

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

The smallest restaurant in the world.

A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.

A beautiful Arctic museum and nature center preserves the culture of the Sámi people.

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

A little-known sculpture park of contemporary environmental art in a Lapland forest.

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

Quality time with reindeer in the stunning scenery of their natural Lappish habitat above the Arctic Circle.

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

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

Legend has this precariously placed rock was placed by giants. Science has another explanation.

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