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

If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.

Extraordinary animals sculpted from leftover junk.

A cathedral resurrected from the ashes of one of Europe's greatest urban fires.

A lumberjack in Finnish Lapland did not want to cut down his Arctic pines, so he offered them up to be adopted by nature-lovers.

More than 200 eclectic sculptures surround the artist's home.

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

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

Pigduck of Turku.

These Finnish rapids have been attracting tourists for over a hundred years and are now released with the push of a button.

The etchings on this narrow channel between two islands bear witness to maritime travelers who have passed through since the Middle Ages.

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

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.

This disused church, left to the elements of the Arctic Circle's forests is open for exploration.

A 246-foot-high revolving restaurant rises unexpectedly from a forested Finnish hilltop.

A little-known sculpture park of contemporary environmental art in a Lapland forest.

Finnish lake, and scene of an infamous murder mystery.

Crawling into this primordial cave may feel disconcertingly familiar.

Quality time with reindeer in the stunning scenery of their natural Lappish habitat above the Arctic Circle.

Collection of nearly 500 concrete figures sculpted by the late Veijo Rönkkönen.

Menacing or in memoriam, the Silent People and their meaning are left to interpretation.

A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.

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

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.