The opulent home that inspired Tintin's Marlinspike Hall and the adventures within.

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

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

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

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

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

This tumultuous Icelandic lava field looks so alien European researchers want to use it as a stand-in for Mars.

In Northeastern Iceland lies something of an oxymoron: a steaming desert.

A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

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

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

This giant roadside goose has been hailing travelers into a small Ontario town for over 50 years.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

The world's only bushplane museum captures the spirit of the early planes and pilots and their contributions to northern life in Canada.

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

The skyline of Montreal includes the silhouette of an unexpected fruit-shaped Canadian staple.

Canada's largest graveyard boasts a lot of noteworthy artifacts as well as its own computerized mapping service.

A historic Montreal market that was the city's agricultural hub for over century.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.

A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.