This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

A cathedral resurrected from the ashes of one of Europe's greatest urban fires.

Pigduck of Turku.

A black sand beach where glacial fragments wash ashore and look like sparkling diamonds.

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

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

A tiny village church in dramatic surroundings.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

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

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

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

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

This boat represents the promise of undiscovered territory, a dream of hope, and progress and freedom for Iceland.

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

This historic bridge connects Whidbey Island to Fidalgo Island across whirlpool-filled waters.

The narrowest street in Canada was once a spot for dastardly doings, now a historic piece of Chinatown.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

This 18-foot-tall public art installation is another of sculptor Thomas Dambo's trolls.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

Thomas Dambo's troll sculpture wears a crown with birdhouses on his head.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

Overlooking Puget Sound sits a garden with a Buddhist prayer wheel and an elaborate labyrinth.