This kilometer-long university building is an unexpected architectural delight.

The most unusual block in Brasília.

A stunning Catholic cathedral built by a curve-loving communist in Brazil’s newly created capital.

Brasilia's oldest newsstand is sheltered by a wish-granting tunnel-tree.

This "Little Finland" started as a Finnish utopian society in Eastern Brazil.

A place of enchantment where stories of the past seem to come to life.

This Brazilian town built by Freemasons is full of colonial Masonic architecture and symbolic imagery.

The last permanent exhibit dedicated to the Soviet leader.

The church's remarkable frescoes incorporate Finnish artist Hugh Simberg's trademark themes of death and the supernatural.

A collection of collections ranging from dentistry to minerals.

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

These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.

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

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

This ten-ton fruit sculpture celebrates the Finland homeland.

The door to the museum holds a unique artifact from the Finnish Civil War.

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

This church also serves as a lighthouse complete with a beacon.

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