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A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

This huge dam across the Colorado River caused an armed standoff between two U.S. states.

See 150 million-year-old dinosaur tracks and bones dating back to the Jurassic period.

Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

According to local legend, a tree grew from the stake that killed this alleged vampire. In reality, he probably died from influenza.

What was once believed to be a church floor turned out to be the artwork of geology.

This symbol of the French Revolution still stands where it was first planted during the 18th-century.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

Inaugurated in 1921, this is one of many statues in France dedicated to the people who died during World War I for their country.

This 200-meter-high waterfall marks the site of Achilles’ immortal baptism at the mouth of the River Styx.

The verdant mossy ruins of a Franciscan monastery lie in the remote Sintra hills awaiting exploration.

An abandoned 6th-century monastery features a medieval map of the known world.

This cannonball has been lodged in the church wall since a 1695 bombardment destroyed the city center.

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

A tribute to the successful role of the Keflavik Naval Air Station in the defense of Iceland, United States and NATO Alliance.

Two whaling vessels that were sunk by an anti-whaling organization in 1986 now sit on the shore of this beautiful fjord.

A black sand beach where glacial fragments wash ashore and look like sparkling diamonds.

Internet rumors, often involving Icelandic singer Björk, have abounded regarding this isolated outcrop of rock.

At this museum in Iceland, visitors can sample fermented Greenland shark.

On an island south of Iceland, a large volcanic rock formation resembles an elephant.

The oldest bookstore in Iceland.

A bit of the Berlin Wall was gifted to the Icelandic capital to commemorate the 25th anniversary of German reunification.

This canyon is comprised of gorgeous waters and magnificent basalt columns.