The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

Known as the Sistine Chapel of Egypt, this tomb houses some of the most well-preserved paintings in Egypt.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

Get tall with nature's lankiest beasts and their warthog friends at this Kenyan preserve.

The farmhouse owned by the Danish author who wrote "Out of Africa" is now a museum honoring her legacy.

A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.

Constructed on the ruins of a convent, this tower saved countless lives.

Buenos Aires' city of the dead contains some very famous remains, including Eva Perón.

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

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

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

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

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 natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.

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

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

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

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

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

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