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

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.

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

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

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

This monument commemorates NASA’s astronaut training in northern Iceland.

This tower pays homage to a legendary Viking fort established in Massachusetts that never really existed.

This castle constructed in 1928 was crafted from drawings of Lismore Castle in Ireland.

Run by a eugenics advocate, this aging institution conducted secret radiation experiments sponsored by Quaker Oats.

These beautiful garden buildings are among the oldest surviving greenhouses in the United States.

A steampunk wonderland that preserves America's history of industrial innovation.

The final resting place of a suffragist author.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

A century after his death, this covered bridge still calls to mind the plein air painter who loved it.

Plaque remembering the 18th century forced relocation of Acadians.

A larger-than-life dedication to the famous lumberjack and his loyal ox.

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

This experimental utopian "city of the future" in rural India may hold a dark secret.

This complex of vertically-excavated Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu monolithic temples in India's Maharashtra providence illustrates a spirit of tolerance characteristic of ancient India.

This ancient Hindu temple is covered in thousands of colorful statues and has a long mythological history.

This precariously balanced boulder is said to be a hunk of stolen butter dropped by the gods.

This Gothic-style church is reputedly built atop the remains of one of Jesus's apostles.

The painted and decorated towers of this Hindu shrine were once the tallest structures in one of the oldest cities in India.