The small bright red pillar survived the 1996 Manchester bombing virtually unscathed.

Be on the lookout for the symbolic insect all over the city.

Manchester salvaged this sculpture of the adopted Mancunian when it was no longer wanted in Ukraine.

A hunk of prehistoric lava rests amid the Gothic architecture of a campus quad.

This tiny watering hole claims to have the smallest bar counter in Europe.

A giant wooden soda bottle pays homage to a distinctly British drink on the very spot where it was invented.

Have a seat with the father of modern computing at this Manchester monument.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

Russia's giant concrete QWERTY keyboard is likely the largest in the world.

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.

Church built on the site where the last tsar of Russia and his family were killed.

World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.

Former headquarters of the KGB.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

A tribute to the successful role of the Keflavik Naval Air Station in the defense of Iceland, United States and NATO Alliance.

This museum explores how a 1973 volcanic eruption forever changed this small Icelandic island.

A relatively obscure antihero from the Marvel Comics universe adorns a wall inside Iceland's main airport.

One of the oldest family businesses in Reykjavík serves lamb-based hot dogs.

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

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

This natural rock formation features seemingly unnatural vertical ridges that have been blamed on elves.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.