Edinburgh’s version of the Sistine Chapel is this former church, with an interior covered in paintings done by one woman over the course of nearly a decade.

The walls of this village church are decorated by two unique religious works of art.

Distressing images of the Last Judgement adorn the walls of this medieval sanctuary.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

A group of college students hauled a desk up a mountain more than 40 years ago. The notebooks inside have become a makeshift time capsule.

Dedicated to the outnumbered Finnish forces who pushed back Soviet forces during the conflict.

These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.

Finland's oldest astronomical observatory once played a crucial role in seafaring and timekeeping.

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

A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

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

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

A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.

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

The final resting place of one of the brightest physicists of the 20th century.

This bridge's unique architecture honors nautical heritage and encourages self-awareness.

The world's first combination ski slope and power plant.

Bored potato-guarding Nazis etched their thoughts onto a brick storage building in Copenhagen's Meatpacking District.

Climb to the top of its spiral spire for spectacular views of Copenhagen.

This sublime architectural marvel is a rare example of an expressionist church.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.