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

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

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

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.

Inside this Icelandic greenhouse, geothermal energy keeps tomatoes warm and growing.

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

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

One of the oldest family businesses in Reykjavík serves lamb-based hot dogs.

The exhibition explores the Icelandic city's Viking Age history.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

This overlooked courtyard and museum celebrate Benjamin Franklin's life and achievements.

This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

The fastest transatlantic ocean liner sat abandoned in a Philadelphia shipyard for decades.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

As the oldest natural history museum in the Americas, these halls contain everything from dinosaur bones to biological samples collected by Lewis and Clark.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.