Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

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

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

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

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

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

A Lovecraftian altar of nightmarish bronze chairs sits ominously on a boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta.

The largest madrasa in Morocco once housed more than 900 students within its exquisite walls.

God's Saharan sandbox of wrath.

It took 40 years to build this Eden-like garden in Marrakech, later restored by Yves Saint-Laurent.

A fortified city, home to a remaining population of five families

One of the most spectacular canyons in the world.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

This Canadian city is actually two-in-one, even if they only respect the timezone of one side.

A herd of colorfully painted bovine statues can be found in the middle of "cowtown."

With its webbed walls and bright red coloring, Calgary's iconic bridge looks like a finger trap puzzle stretched across the river.