A collection of collections ranging from dentistry to minerals.

Villas that once served as playgrounds for the rich now fall away in decay.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Despite finally receiving electricity in 1970, this tiny town is now deserted.

In Faroese legend, this sinister horse-shaped beast lures unsuspecting passersby only to drown them in the lake.

Two massive boulders, rocking back and forth with the ebbing of the sea.

The abandoned village of Skarð aptly illustrates the idiom "Don't put all your eggs in one basket."

The largest lake in the Faroe Islands seems to be held hundreds of feet above sea level thanks to an optical illusion.

This remote island village was in danger of depopulating completely until a tunnel was built to connect it to the rest of the world .

This isolated structure beckons adventurers with sublime views of the Faroe Islands.

Rusted cars, trucks, and buses form a fascinating collection of Soviet-era machinery.

A historic scientific breakthrough that crosses nine borders.

This stoic bronze soldier stands as a symbol of Russian sacrifice or Soviet oppression, or maybe both.

Hundreds of unusual wheel crosses poke above the earth in this small Estonian cemetery.

Historic slum of Tartu.

First point in the Struve Geodetic Arc, a 19th century undertaking to measure the Earth's size and shape.

Hundreds of small crosses have been carved into the bark of the trees outside this small Estonian village.

A forest park outside Tallinn full of architectural and artistic curiosities.