A giant gorilla made of used car tires used to sit sentinel over a Helsinki college campus.

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

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

The door to the museum holds a unique artifact from the Finnish Civil War.

Atop this electronic store resides a massive fighter jet.

This former hospital was once one of the oldest mental health facilities in Europe.

This church also serves as a lighthouse complete with a beacon.

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

On a small island, a replica of a Finnish village from the Iron Age.

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.

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

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