This statue honors the author's groundbreaking family story.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

The bright red stripes streaking across the rocks are the star feature at this Icelandic waterfall.

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 elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

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

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

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

An unexpected canine grave atop a mountain.

According to legend, this boat-shaped henge is built over the grave of a mythic king.

The art museum is decorated with creatively remodeled pre-Nazi swastikas.

It wouldn't be long after purchasing this farm, Brown would lead his siege on Harper's Ferry.

This memorial in the Adirondack wilderness honors the accidental death of a Scottish entrepreneur.

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

The summit Roosevelt conquered before he descended to become The Chief.

Teddy Roosevelt’s famous “midnight ride to the presidency" started at this small lake high up in the Adirondacks.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.