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

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

The final resting place of the controversial chess champion.

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

Dedicated to a synagogue that was destroyed after having survived World War II.

A sculpture of the beloved author surrounded by characters from his fairy tales.

No one knows the origin of this creepy little stone man with an oversized phallus.

A sculpture of a beloved local figure, who tipped his top hat to everyone he passed on the streets of Bratislava.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

An ode to a soldier who came to town, fell in love, then began making his own sparkling wine.

Launched by Napoleon's soldiers more than 200 years ago, a cannonball remains embedded in the tower wall.

The water here is so clear you can see the mysteriously sunken ship from the surface.

A small but hugely whimsical theater where marionettes play out the "The Battle of Stalingrad."

This extensive collection of vintage Soviet cars is the only one of its kind in the Caucasus.

A cylinder monument with a spectacular vista commemorates a friendship that some say never existed.

Take respite inside this jaw-dropping church while climbing the volcano where Georgia's Prometheus was once chained.

This architecturally eclectic fortress witnessed centuries of bloody turmoil, including the massacre of its ruling clan.

The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.

You'll find just about anything in this funky Tbilisi flea market.

The most visited pilgrimage site in Armenia once held a saint in a pit for 13 years.

This Armenian monastery was carved out of cliffs and named after the spear used to stab Jesus.

A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.

Crooked windswept pines give this old forest an enchanted and magical look.

An otherworldly, fossil-rich cobble beach holds Viking graves, cairns, and other remains.