The last planned Soviet city was built for the former residents of Pripyat after the Chernobyl disaster.

One of the most poignant ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.

This derelict superstructure was a very important warning system for the Soviet military.

This unassuming museum's slogan translates to “there is a limit of sadness, anxiety has no limits."

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

This attraction was abandoned after the Chernobyl disaster.

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

A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.

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

The grandest stage for the world's foremost masters of invisible instruments.

Extraordinary animals sculpted from leftover junk.

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

More than 200 eclectic sculptures surround the artist's home.

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

Pigduck of Turku.

The church's remarkable frescoes incorporate Finnish artist Hugh Simberg's trademark themes of death and the supernatural.

The etchings on this narrow channel between two islands bear witness to maritime travelers who have passed through since the Middle Ages.

The last permanent exhibit dedicated to the Soviet leader.

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

Nuclear waste experts study this prehistoric crater lake to envision landscapes one million years in the future.

This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.

A little-known sculpture park of contemporary environmental art in a Lapland forest.

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.