During the summer, surfers in Alaska take advantage of this inlet’s unusual water patterns.

The ruins of a town wiped out by the second-largest earthquake in recorded history.

An Alaska livestock farm devotes itself to harvesting wool from creatures that once ran with mammoths and sabertooth tigers.

This WWII-era military installation once held an entire city within its walls - now, its walls are falling down.

This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.

Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

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

This five-foot-tall bronze bird is a memorial to a species that was hunted out of existence.

Akureyri is home to an oversized can of one of Iceland's favourite beers.

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

The oldest (maybe) swimming pool in Iceland is a stunning oasis built into the side of a lush hill.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

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

This modern monument to pagan belief looks like it was transported straight from ancient times.

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

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

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.