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

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

A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.

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

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

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

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

This fantastical icy castle is built anew every winter.

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

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

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

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

Sample original Hatfield family moonshine at this distillery in southern West Virginia.

This harrowing climb along West Virginia's jagged spires is one of the only Via Ferrata on America's east coast.

The center preserves and houses artifacts ranging from the colonial era to modern times from across Appalachia.

A museum dedicated to the legend of Bigfoot in the Appalachian Mountains.

The first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature came from the foothills of Appalachia.

Two gems of Beaux Arts architecture that have been sitting vacant for years.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

Berkeley Hot Springs presents to you "the only outdoor monument to presidential bathing."

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.