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

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

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

The tallest sea cliffs on the Southern Hemisphere are a climber's worst nightmare.

Aqua white sand highlighted with fiery red rocks.

Krakow's own version of the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

This man-made mound monument was built out of soil from all across the Polish empire.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

Hoax, mistake, or evidence of dinosaurs in human times?

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

Enormous statue of the Emperor of the Mongols.

The grassy landscape is home to the world's last truly wild horses.

A park that allows you to get up close and personal with one of the world's largest open volcanic craters.

Once a luxurious flagship of the Soviet Union, this Brutalist structure remains a landmark of Tashkent’s communist past.

Controversially restored in the 1970s, this giant 15th-century mosque is shrouded in legend.

Home to what was once considered the largest gate in central Asia.

Prowl through this sprawling bazaar under a massive Soviet-era dome for delicious eats.

Where Stoddart and Connolly suffered in the infamous Bug Pit.

An underground world of gorgeous, palatial metro stations designed as a nuclear shelter complex.

An 18-meter-long sarcophagus of a constantly growing dead prophet.

This "tower of death" has acted as an observatory, a religious hub, and an executioner's lair.

Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.

The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.