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

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

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 valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.

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

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

This macabre monument atop an ancient well gives a nod to a brutal episode in Scottish clan history.

A verdant 17th-century-style garden hidden along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

This site contains overlapping ancient graveyards that existed about 1,000 years apart.

This historic timepiece was a popular meeting place for romantic rendezvous in the 1960s.

This sculpture of disembodied body parts forms a poignant memory of the horrors of World War II.

Poetic, metallic giraffes adorn a square off an Edinburgh thoroughfare.

Brass bricks outline the locations of Edinburgh's lost, lively market stalls.

Many of Edinburgh's more unsavory characters spent their final days behind this door while awaiting their executions.

The dance of this huge clock is a magnificent and eerie commentary on good and evil in the history of humankind.

Possibly the world's smallest museum is home to one exhibit that sheds light on the capital city's dark criminal history.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.