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

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

This abandoned villa of makeshift buildings was once the home of dancer Elis Sinistö.

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

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

Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.

Sculptures of dinosaurs, trolls, and other beasts carved with chainsaws guard Finland's largest arboretum.

A bedazzled house and crown "jewel" of outsider artist Loy Allen Bowlin.

Over thousands of years, this slot canyon was carved out of the bed of an ancient lake.

A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.

Hamissi Mamba and Nadia Nijimbere opened this community-minded restaurant serving dishes from their native Burundi.

The ruins of a town wiped out by the second-largest earthquake in recorded history.

Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.

Ten acres of the Kula Forest Reserve make up this wonderous state park.

Once the site of the Hawaiian monarchy, this building was originally designed as a palace.

A popular oddity on display in a stately building, offering a symbolic commentary.

Oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

The verdant mossy ruins of a Franciscan monastery lie in the remote Sintra hills awaiting exploration.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

In Portugal, a secluded stretch of untouched natural beauty hides at the bottom of a steep hill.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.