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The ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian monastery can be found alongside World War II tank traps and pillboxes.

Surrounded by ash fields in Iceland, an impossibly verdant valley looks like something out of a fairytale.

One of the most remarkable caves in all of Iceland was created by a once raging river of lava.

A vintage video game wonderland in downtown Reykjavik.

This verdant, tree-lined Reykjavik graveyard is both enchanting and eerie.

Iceland's first pagan temple in 1,000 years is underway in Reykjavík.

This Viking-inspired miniature golf course features a pirate ship and views of Icelandic landscapes.

Climb right into the heart of this colorful Iceland volcano.

Inside this museum, visitors venture through ghost stories entrenched in Icelandic folklore.

This collection of several museums includes one of the oldest structures in Iceland.

Eerie ruins of an abandoned medieval fishing village crumble atop an unforgiving stretch of earth.

This historic bridge has weathered fires and floods and still stands, now abandoned, where it has stood since 1874.

Where animatronic singing fish go to retire.

An abandoned early-20th-century boomtown sits within the Calico Rock city limits.

This quirky Arkansas wax museum does not shy away from the macabre and the grotesque.

Everything in this miniature world was handmade from matches, paperclips, wires, tin cans, and other everyday objects.

An ever-growing collection of rare and strange objects owned by local Arkansas illusionist Maxwell Blade.

This Little Rock legend has survived decades of rowdy crowds, three fires, and a zombie wedding.

Home to a seasonal waterfall and swimming hole in the Ouachita Mountains.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.

The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.

A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.

This amazing pedestrian suspension bridge in the Swiss Alps would give Indiana Jones nightmares.