The last permanent exhibit dedicated to the Soviet leader.

The church's remarkable frescoes incorporate Finnish artist Hugh Simberg's trademark themes of death and the supernatural.

A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

Hundreds of signs pointing to the birthplaces of current Helsinki residents form stalactites on the ceiling of the cave-like Kamppi metro station.

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

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

The world's largest underground iron ore mine.

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

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

A stick-sprouting statue watching a duo of disembodied dancing deities.

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

The oldest (maybe) swimming pool in Iceland is a stunning oasis built into the side of a lush hill.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.

One woman's lifelong collection is on display in this unassuming house on an Icelandic fjord.

These enlarged egg sculptures represent the native birds of eastern Iceland.

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

On an island south of Iceland, a large volcanic rock formation resembles an elephant.

Puffin enthusiasts flock to Europe's largest seabird cliff, which over one million birds call home.

The oldest steel ship in Iceland has been beached for years and is now a rusting ruin.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.