This statue dedicated to the story of a Flemish boy and his dog was relatively obscure in Belgium, but a cult sensation in Japan.

Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

The site of a concentration camp where inmates were made to take part in one of the largest counterfeiting operations in history is now hauntingly empty.

Once a year, local students "clean" this statue with a champagne shower.

First point in the Struve Geodetic Arc, a 19th century undertaking to measure the Earth's size and shape.

This ten-ton fruit sculpture celebrates the Finland homeland.

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

Finland's oldest astronomical observatory once played a crucial role in seafaring and timekeeping.

Atop this electronic store resides a massive fighter jet.

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

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

Dedicated to the outnumbered Finnish forces who pushed back Soviet forces during the conflict.

A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.

The tiny, studious rodents greet visitors to the National Archives of Finland.

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

A collection of collections ranging from dentistry to minerals.

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

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

The last permanent exhibit dedicated to the Soviet leader.

This natural crater along the coast of Jersey may take its name from the devil statues who have watched over it.

Touching this little fossil embedded in the wall of a grand mosque-cathedral may make your wishes come true.

A curious carving hides on a marble column in the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba.