After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

Look up from the busy streets to discover how time is kept!

An unusual building on a "desolate hill" features the works of an Icelandic sculptor.

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

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.

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

A restaurant devoted to "trouser grip" wrestling, an ancient form of Viking wrestling that is Iceland's national sport.

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 aromatherapy shop and mini-museum cofounded by the Sigur Rós frontman documents Icelandic history through scents.

This monument to one of the largest science fiction games of all time bears the names of hundreds of thousands of players.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

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

This earthwork installation sits on a grassy hill, celebrating Iceland's past and present.

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

The first woman to become a member of the parliament of Iceland.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

Nelson Mandela lived here with his family from 1946 until his arrest in 1962.

A monument dedicated to the civil uprisings that took place during the Pots and Pans Revolution.

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

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.