A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

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

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

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

This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

This Paris art space celebrates the creativity and ingenuity that springs from abject poverty, especially in Africa.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

The Battle of Atlanta in 360 degrees, featuring a corpse that bears a striking resemblance to Clark Gable.

Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.

These eclectic homes nestled into the cliffs of a Caribbean island were built entirely from scavenged materials.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

These locks on North America’s oldest canal are named after a porcine rock formation.

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg’s famous shark movie.