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

The smallest restaurant in the world.

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

An incredibly durable timepiece glows beneath shoppers' feet.

This modernist island church incorporates the Finnish nature into its worship practices.

More than 200 eclectic sculptures surround the artist's home.

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

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

This fantastical icy castle is built anew every winter.

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

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

This lake-bound geographical marker sits at the point where three European countries intersect.

A lumberjack in Finnish Lapland did not want to cut down his Arctic pines, so he offered them up to be adopted by nature-lovers.

Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.

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

The pristine waters crossing this forest form a hidden waterfall among the dense vegetation.

A small thermal park among the mountains of Southern Italy features a surprising piece of modern art.

An omelette made with over 1,000 eggs may have been prepared when Holy Roman Emperor Charles V visited this monastery.

Geometry and mystery come together in an epic show of octagonal masonry.

This Roman amphitheatre was also the location of the first gladiator school.

A stunning hermit's shrine on a steep rocky spur in Northern Italy.

While most books are made of wood, these wooden books are truly made of, and all about wood.

Meet the oldest inhabitants of this Italian hamlet, a series of oddly preserved mummies.

A haunting collection of sunken wooden barges litters this Italian river bend.