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

Hundreds of signs pointing to the birthplaces of current Helsinki residents form stalactites on the ceiling of the cave-like Kamppi metro station.

This former hospital was once one of the oldest mental health facilities in Europe.

This ten-ton fruit sculpture celebrates the Finland homeland.

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

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

This 150 foot seven-tiered cascading waterfall is one of the hidden gems of the White Mountains.

This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.

According to the experts at the Guinness World's Record office, this is the longest candy counter in the world.

A very big rock just plopped down in the New England woods.

A town wears its heart on the sleeve of a smiling girl, arms flung wide open in a cheerful greeting for all who encounter her.

Come for the gun-toting hillbilly madman, stay for the ice-cream loving basketball bears.

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

A short nature trail winds through the greatest works of poet Robert Frost.

A wooden hut from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

Southern Ocean waters and glacial forces transform the Antarctic ice into these stunning bridges and caves.

These passages carved from the Antarctic ice hold strange shrines to the harsh southernmost climes.

Antarctica's bustling metropolis, originally established by Richard E. Byrd.

The world's largest neutrino telescope searches for secrets of the universe at the South Pole.

The place of worship erected not once, but three times in one of the most desolate places on Earth.

The remains of a doomed Antarctic plane, buried beneath layers of ice and snow, await those willing to do a bit of digging.