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.

No matter how many times this community-run sauna gets destroyed, it always rises from the ashes.

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

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

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

This medieval Estonian tower provides access to a series of tunnels that have been home to soldiers, punks, and fine art.

An icon of the Battle of Britain is frozen in flight in a grand Victorian museum.

This grisly exhibit houses skeletons and weapons from a devastating 14th-century clash.

Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.

An ancient Viking runestone hidden in plain view in Stockholm's old town.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

A plaque marks the house in Stockholm where the French philosopher René Descartes lived up until his death.

A temporary art piece to celebrate LGBTQ Pride is now a permanent part of Stockholm's traffic landscape.

When this 18th-century observatory's meridian was moved, it set Sweden's time back by 0.04 seconds.

Stockholm's narrowest alley is barely over two feet wide.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

The last funhouse of its kind, where guests enter through the mouth of an 80-year-old blue whale.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.

This museum is home to a sugar sculpture of the Berlin Airlift Memorial.

This monumental work of art symbolizes the coming together of a previously divided city.