A blast from the past in central San Diego.

A statue based on a tragic Japanese nursery rhyme, commemorating San Diego's sisterhood with Yokohama.

A 6-mile-long lake created by an apocalyptic seismic event and the deadly chain reaction that ensued.

Louis Sullivan’s dark, swirling cast-iron designs envelop a popular department store in this Chicago landmark.

If you want to build a better mousetrap, first consult this small museum's massive collection of trapping tools.

"You can only scalp a customer once, but you can give him a haircut every two weeks"-Barber's Maxim.

Meet cowboys and ancient beardogs at this one-of-a-kind crossroads of Western history.

This verdant, tree-lined Reykjavik graveyard is both enchanting and eerie.

The exhibition explores the Icelandic city's Viking Age history.

At this museum in Iceland, visitors can sample fermented Greenland shark.

This scenic Icelandic lava flow is named for a pair of Berserkers who were murdered, according to a famous Saga.

This mountain fissure hides a secret path to a secluded mossy grotto within the rock itself.

This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.

This hobbit-y little hot spring may be the oldest spring used by humans in all of Iceland.

Europe’s most powerful hot spring supplies the surrounding region with hot water.

Iceland's first pagan temple in 1,000 years is underway in Reykjavík.

The remains of a hospital that housed over 200 leprosy patients.

This oceanside Reykjavik spot is speckled with recycled sculptures and large stones.

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.

This five-foot-tall bronze bird is a memorial to a species that was hunted out of existence.

Iceland's largest geothermal mud pool is a little bit haunted and a little bit dangerous.

A replica of the decorated wooden pillars Viking sailors threw overboard when finding new places to establish a settlement.

The final resting place of the controversial chess champion.

A lonely beacon, precariously perched atop a remote sliver of rock.