This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

This gallery commissioned by Cardinal Spada is known for its magnificent optical illusion.

One of the most important yet well-hidden museums dedicated to the history of medicine.

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.

A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.

This excellent museum recreates the boom days of the herring rush in the "Atlantic Klondike."

Iceland: home to volcanoes, waterfalls and, apparently, Santa?

Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.

Akureyri is home to an oversized can of one of Iceland's favourite beers.

The only structure in a remote mountain pass, these colorful cubes are visible from miles away.

An isolated, rusty phone booth commemorates Iceland's first international telegraph cable.

One woman's lifelong collection is on display in this unassuming house on an Icelandic fjord.

This replica Viking village was created for a film that was never shot and is now open to visitors.

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

Twisted girders are all that remain of an Icelandic bridge that was wiped out by a combination of volcanic heat and glacial floods.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

Cairns built to bring travelers good luck stretch across the land like miniature stone mountains.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

Along this wire fence, travelers have been leaving a particular memento since 2012.

Inside this museum, visitors venture through ghost stories entrenched in Icelandic folklore.

The Hveragerði fissure runs through this unassuming shopping center.

The summer tourists on these cliffs are thousands of seabirds.