This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

This graffiti-covered bridge is the quintessential vision of a place for disillusioned youth to escape the complexities of burgeoning adulthood.

Special tunnels built so that frogs won't be killed when crossing the highway.

The world's first and only escalator for lazy bicycles and their daunted riders.

The world's first ice hotel is still one of the most elaborate and beautiful.

These coffin-like Brutalist balconies were inspired by a nearby mine.

Cairns built to bring travelers good luck stretch across the land like miniature stone mountains.

Twisted girders are all that remain of an Icelandic bridge that was wiped out by a combination of volcanic heat and glacial floods.

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

A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.

A replica of the decorated wooden pillars Viking sailors threw overboard when finding new places to establish a settlement.

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

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

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

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

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

The exhibition explores the Icelandic city's Viking Age history.

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

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

This oceanside Reykjavik spot is speckled with recycled sculptures and large stones.

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

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.