A beautiful Arctic museum and nature center preserves the culture of the Sámi people.

A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.

A collection of collections ranging from dentistry to minerals.

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

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

This fantastical icy castle is built anew every winter.

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

Finnish lake, and scene of an infamous murder mystery.

Crawling into this primordial cave may feel disconcertingly familiar.

These 5,000-year-old cave paintings provide a glimpse into prehistoric Finnish life.

This once-mighty brick factory is now a unique museum experience.

This intricately spiralling forest was created as a monumental work of art.

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

Extraordinary animals sculpted from leftover junk.

Pigduck of Turku.

A replica of the home of a famous fictional troll family.

Stone carvings record the Norse myth of Sigurd, providing a glimpse into Scandinavia's transition from paganism to Christianity.

A 200-year-old collection of medical paraphernalia in a historic house.

Once the world's most modern observatory, this building is now a private school.

Despite the groans of archaeologists, this astounding groups of Bronze Age petroglyphs have been painted red for tourists.

A Swedish farm is the world's only producer of the rare, creamy delicacy that is moose cheese.

Dine on food tied to Viking history and legend at this subterranean Stockholm spot.

The world’s largest knitted mitten is displayed in one of Sweden’s smallest Arctic villages.

The world's first ice hotel is still one of the most elaborate and beautiful.