A museum marks and documents the site of the Titanic's launch.

Dublin's most modern, visually spectacular bridge is modeled after Ireland's national emblem.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

A Wes Anderson-esque lighthouse that boasts magnificent coastal views.

A restaurant devoted to "trouser grip" wrestling, an ancient form of Viking wrestling that is Iceland's national sport.

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

Cairns built to bring travelers good luck stretch across the land like miniature stone mountains.

These enlarged egg sculptures represent the native birds of eastern Iceland.

A giant red chair bolted to a rock on a remote mossy hillside in Iceland.

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

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

A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.

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

This tumultuous Icelandic lava field looks so alien European researchers want to use it as a stand-in for Mars.