A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

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

Outlaws, hot springs, and tragedy have all left their mark on this ancient road in the Icelandic highlands.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

This seemingly cursed monument is dedicated to one of Canada's great war heroes.

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

Mexico's astounding mummy museum with "the world's smallest mummy."

A Mexican Romeo-and-Juliet-esque legend has given this super-narrow alleyway a reputation for romance.

Marvel at this turn-of-the-century masterpiece that has been turned into a rather stately supermarket.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

This magnificent Cincinnati graveyard is also a popular public park.

A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in suburban Ohio.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

A museum that houses the world's largest collection of ventriloquism dummies.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.