An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.

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

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

A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

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

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.

This effigy of Peter the Great is greatly disproportionate.

A surreal pile of colorful junk fills a small yard in an otherwise gray neighborhood.

One of the most well-preserved mammoth specimens in the world.

A small and surprising passageway in Saint Petersburg devoted to the Beatles.

Perhaps the tiniest sculpture in Saint Petersburg is a little bronze finch inspired by a song.

An art museum inside an active factory.

A city block packed with whimsical sculptures that seem to be plucked from a tiled fantasy world.

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

In downtown Oslo, a menacing and terrifying relief clings to a church wall.

Thousands of miniature bronze sculptures have taken over this city square creating a unique art installation.

Between Neo-Pagans and Neo-Nazis, these strange rock formations have a curious cult following and a very strange history.

Ruins of a German Castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.

Of the many chalices in the running for the Holy Grail, this one in Valencia Cathedral sure looks the part.