The original home of the Lego has a huge amusement park dedicated to the iconic plastic toy.

A bronze sculpture of Lenin’s likeness outside Havana surrounded by 12 human figures in solidarity with the Bolshevik Revolution.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

A formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

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

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

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

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

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

Cuba's historical trains remind natives of their country's sugary sweet past.

His music once banned in Communist Cuba, John Lennon is now immortalized in bronze by Castro, who considers Lennon a "fellow dreamer."

This imposing memorial contains the remains of Che Guevara — and 29 other guerrillas who died with him in Bolivia.

Neo-cave art on the macro scale.

Four antique Baldwin trains are kept on display in the Mal Tiempo train depot.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

An old slave lookout in Cuba's historic sugar cane fields.

Prehistoric history as seen through the lens of an outsider artist.

This communist country can still appreciate its fragrant past.

A hidden bathhouse in one of Stockholm's oldest and busiest neighborhoods is open to anyone who can find it.

Not quite the cultural gateway between China and Sweden its designer imagined.

Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.

A Gothic-inspired fish market is Gothenburg's best place to find loaves and fishes.

Largest island in the Baltic Sea experiences such idyllic weather that roses bloom in the middle of December.