In the middle of a busy airport, a statue honoring the astronaut who told Houston that Apollo 13 had a problem.

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

Inside this faux cave, visitors can learn how some of their favorite fantasy characters were created.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

On the edge of the Valles Caldera National Preserve, these rock formations create an eerie landscape.

Two tall rocks sit at the center of this site, once the home of a large Ancestral Puebloan community.

This now-abandoned outcrop is an important Native American spiritual site, overtaken by European settlers and mining pollution.

Small Island off the coast of Greenland.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.

A glimpse of a waterfall is reached by a steel catwalk along a slot canyon located in an Ouray city park.

This five-foot-tall bronze bird is a memorial to a species that was hunted out of existence.

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

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.

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

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

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

This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.

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

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.