The tallest lighthouse in the Nordic countries was also the site of a bloody World War II battle.

Hidden deep in a forest is this geological wonder carved by glaciers.

Fortifications built for a Soviet invasion that never came now sit abandoned in a losing battle against nature.

Collection of nearly 500 concrete figures sculpted by the late Veijo Rönkkönen.

These Finnish rapids have been attracting tourists for over a hundred years and are now released with the push of a button.

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

This abandoned villa of makeshift buildings was once the home of dancer Elis Sinistö.

A boat ride through utter darkness, lit only by headlamps, reveals an emerald green pool locals believe is sacred.

When the USA donated cement and funds to expand the airport in Laos, the Laotians built a massive monument instead.

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.

World's largest cave was only discovered in 1991, and now offers tours to the public.

The controversial final resting place of the equally controversial first president of Turkmenistan.

Few people have ever heard of, let alone visited, one of Turkmenistan’s most impressive natural attractions.

Sumptous memorial to a controversial independence.

A dictator's gold statue once rotated to face the sun on a 75-meter high marble tower.

A huge monument to a bizarre book written by Turkmenistan’s longstanding dictator.

If you want to get married in the White Marble City of Ashgabat, you should do it in this surreal disco ball building.

A cemetery with goat-horn bedecked gravestones.

This cavernous swimming spot doubles as a home to the largest known colony of bats in Central Asia.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.

A cathedral resurrected from the ashes of one of Europe's greatest urban fires.

Pigduck of Turku.