The design of the Palacio Salvo has been described as "a lighthouse on top of a building."

Legend has it these two stones are petrified trolls.

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

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

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

A little-visited waterfall in an otherworldly landscape.

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

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

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

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

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

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

This Arctic mining town is home to a cat that's spent years masquerading as a fox.

The world's northernmost brewery uses water from a 2,000-year-old glacier to create its beer.

In the northernmost city in the world, it's illegal to be buried because it’s too cold for bodies to decompose.

An enormous mural of a leaping orca painted on a fuel tank at a remote Antarctic base.

One of only two civilian settlements in the desolate lands of chilly Antarctica.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest—and favorite—architectural masterpieces was almost lost.

A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.