This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

Murals of the wild parties once held on the frozen River Thames.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

This scenic Icelandic lava flow is named for a pair of Berserkers who were murdered, according to a famous Saga.

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

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

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

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

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

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

Inside this Icelandic greenhouse, geothermal energy keeps tomatoes warm and growing.

An eclectic collection of thousands of items owned by the sculptor Frederic Marès.