Southern Italy's spinning top village.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

This boat represents the promise of undiscovered territory, a dream of hope, and progress and freedom for Iceland.

This excellent museum recreates the boom days of the herring rush in the "Atlantic Klondike."

Dozens of large, brightly-colored paintings adorn the walls of the "street art capital of Iceland."

This former farm In northern Iceland is now a museum, where visitors can tour beautifully-preserved turf houses.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

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

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

Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

These enlarged egg sculptures represent the native birds of eastern Iceland.

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

This hobbit-y little hot spring may be the oldest spring used by humans in all of Iceland.

These ominous lava formations were said to be an entrance to the netherworld so of course they inspired a famous metal band.

Travel deep inside of Europe's second largest glacier in the world's largest man-made ice cave.

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 elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.