Places Tim Martini - Exploring The Obscure Wants to Go

This replica Viking village was created for a film that was never shot and is now open to visitors.

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.

This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.

This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.

Twisted girders are all that remain of an Icelandic bridge that was wiped out by a combination of volcanic heat and glacial floods.

The oldest hall in Iceland was written of in the Sagas and features a centuries-old escape tunnel.

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

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

These ominous lava formations were said to be an entrance to the netherworld so of course they inspired a famous metal band.

Two volcanic lakes in an enormous crater formed in a prehistoric eruption.

A modern artist's primitive stone faces and unique rock instrument join Iceland's terrain with its history.

Outlaws, hot springs, and tragedy have all left their mark on this ancient road in the Icelandic highlands.

A magical world of elves and fairies tucked amongst the trees in Colombia.

A turquoise lake within a volcanic crater.

An elaborate shrine dedicated to the four corners of the world unfortunately misses its mark.

In DeWitt, New York, a blanket-wrapped gas station makes a creative statement on global dependence on oil.

This locally-famous crevasse in New York State is icy all year round.

A Spanish town built into the cliffs.

The world's largest wooden structure.

An abandoned early-20th-century boomtown sits within the Calico Rock city limits.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

A mouldering Colombian bull ring stands as a reminder of the country's complicated relationship with a brutal sport.

The caldera of this mini-volcano has been turned into a naturally heated mud bath.

The chefs at El Diablo use heat generated by an active volcano to cook the food.