Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

On an island south of Iceland, a large volcanic rock formation resembles an elephant.

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

Colorado’s most beloved glacier is an imposter.

A museum dedicated to the mysterious cryptid.

Drift through decades of high desert music history at this funky hometown museum.

A tiny town’s tiny museum with some gigantic residents.

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

This 28-foot-tall milk can contains one of the most whimsical ice cream parlors in town.

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

The taxidermied body of a bear that was a casualty of a drug trafficker’s bizarre death.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.