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

Pigduck of Turku.

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

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

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

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

Menacing or in memoriam, the Silent People and their meaning are left to interpretation.

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

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

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.

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

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

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