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

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

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

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

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

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.

The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

The site of the first "historically true" UFO encounter in the U.S.

The site where chief Miantonomo of the Narraganset people was captured.

The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.

The Mysterious Witch Bonney, a haunted statue in an old industrial city.

According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.

The birth home of one of cinema's legendary actresses.

A monument park dedicated to the influential Beat Generation author and poet, Jack Kerouac.

An eerie diorama that captures the majestic nature of a few prehistoric-looking beasts.

This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.

This poignant display is now a memorial to these regionally extinct species.

One of the most dazzling dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History is also one of the oldest.

This morbid scene depicts the Darwinian drama of death on the African savannah.

This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.