This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.

A home that witnessed Civil War combat on the Sunken Road has the battle scars to prove it.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

This train station inspired the name of a 1970's rock band and provided the backdrop for their album cover.

Hear, smell, see, taste, and touch history at this immersive Civil War hospital.

At one of the nation’s longest-running professional theaters, the audience used to barter for tickets with produce and livestock.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

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

The oldest church in Iceland is one of the few to feature ornate decoration.

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

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.

This museum explores how a 1973 volcanic eruption forever changed this small Icelandic island.

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

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

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

A restaurant devoted to "trouser grip" wrestling, an ancient form of Viking wrestling that is Iceland's national sport.

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 fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.

Along this wire fence, travelers have been leaving a particular memento since 2012.

A tiny village church in dramatic surroundings.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.