A formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.

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

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.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

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

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

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

Icelandic folklore says this giant boulder was ripped from the mountains and placed at its current location, where it became home to elves.

This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

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

These caves secretly held national treasures during World War II.

This modernist cinema has survived war and reconstruction to become a symbol of Lebanon’s revolutionary spirit.

Beirut's thinnest building was the result of feuding brothers.

One of the most exquisite Lycian hilltop citadels in Turkey.

The only remaining arch of the oldest stone bridge in Rome stands in the middle of the Tiber.

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

A secluded fortress from the days of the Crusades that offers breathtaking views.

Hidden in Carnfunnock Country Park is a lasting testament to the Normans who once settled in the region.

Quite possibly the oldest love poem known to humankind.

1513 Turkish world map, full of European state secrets and snarky commentary.

A section of the long chain that blocked enemy ships from entering Constantinople.

No one is sure if the world's fourth-largest diamond had been found in a rubbish heap or was pawned by Napoleon's mom.