While the U.S. and Soviet Union were engaged in a space race, Poland built a UFO on the ground.

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

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

This aromatherapy shop and mini-museum cofounded by the Sigur Rós frontman documents Icelandic history through scents.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

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

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

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.

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

This monument to one of the largest science fiction games of all time bears the names of hundreds of thousands of players.

This earthwork installation sits on a grassy hill, celebrating Iceland's past and present.

A relatively obscure antihero from the Marvel Comics universe adorns a wall inside Iceland's main airport.

The oldest building in Hargeisa survived the 1988 bombings that destroyed some 90 percent of the city.

Population: three people, two dogs, and one old grouch.

A blacklight mini-golf fever dream pays tribute to the iconic rock band.

Danish children are taught that Santa lives in Greenland, at this exact cabin.

At the heart of an otherwise bustling city lies some oddly abandoned and ignored historical ruins.

A stark contrast between red sand dunes and the white sand beach immediately next to it can be seen along the southern Somali coast.

An extensive audio-only collection of cultural heritage saved from a genocide.

No building in the world leans as far as the so-called “Leaning Tower of Abu Dhabi.”

This roadside monument commemorates the huge weapon built by an Ethiopian emperor's hostages.

A powerful tribute to the victims who suffered under Ethiopia's most devastating regime.