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

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

One of the oldest family businesses in Reykjavík serves lamb-based hot dogs.

This colorful gate stands as an entrance to the walled city of Old San Juan.

This bleach-white graveyard overlooking the ocean is accessed through a tunnel.

Secret North Korean passage discovered below the world's most dangerous border.

The best place for scenic views of the DMZ and North Korea.

Once a prosperous mining village, this tiny Taiwanese town is now overrun with cute cats.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

This exaggerated sculpture resembles a well known feature of Vancouver:

To truly appreciate Detroit's landmark skyscraper, you have to step inside.

Opulent downtown movie theater now houses cars as an indoor parking garage.

The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

At this Austin dive bar, it's been Christmas every day for more than 50 years.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.