This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

For nearly 2,000 years this church has been waging war on local snakes by importing cats.

This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.

This wonky bit of historical taxidermy is experiencing a second life online.

The largest tiger reserve in India is a vast expanse dotted with ancient ruins of Nagarjuna Viswa Vidyalayam.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

Once a prosperous mining village, this tiny Taiwanese town is now overrun with cute cats.

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

This reconstructed Norman castle is the world's most accurate, from location to livestock.

A diorama lover's dream world.

A former elementary school houses one man's extensive collection of art, artifacts, and taxidermy.

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

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

Finland's northernmost zoo is home to the country's only polar bears.

This honeycomb-textured tafone looks like a petrified troll head.

A lumberjack in Finnish Lapland did not want to cut down his Arctic pines, so he offered them up to be adopted by nature-lovers.

This cairn marks the only place where Central European Time, Eastern European Time, and Further-eastern European Time meet.

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

The smallest restaurant in the world.

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

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

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

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