A rare octagonal brick beacon on an isolated island in the Baltic.

If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.

A 246-foot-high revolving restaurant rises unexpectedly from a forested Finnish hilltop.

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

Crawling into this primordial cave may feel disconcertingly familiar.

This fantastical icy castle is built anew every winter.

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

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

A little-visited waterfall in an otherworldly landscape.

A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

This aluminum “stairway to heaven” has impaled at least a couple of birds.

Home to some of the world’s darkest skies, this project blends ancient Māori culture with world-class astro tourism.

This quiet island in the middle of a bustling city is actually a volcano dotted with Māori ruins.

The ruins of New Zealand's largest classical-style church.

The oceanic dumping ground where spaceships go to die.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.