If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

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

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

This is the house that spite built.

This piece of peacetime naval wreckage memorializes the tragic sinking of the USS Maine--an event which sparked the Spanish-American war.

Dedicated to "the father of U.S. life insurance."

The oldest continuously-operated inn in the United States, once owned by Henry Ford.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

This tall and trim architectural oddity is one of the skinniest buildings in San Francisco.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.

A monumental cross hides in the trees in Golden Gate Park.

Approximately 250,000 people left homeless by the great earthquake and fires found shelter in Golden Gate Park.