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This verdant, tree-lined Reykjavik graveyard is both enchanting and eerie.

The bright red stripes streaking across the rocks are the star feature at this Icelandic waterfall.

This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.

An isolated, rusty phone booth commemorates Iceland's first international telegraph cable.

This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.

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

Learn about Iceland's hidden folk at this school dedicated to the study of elves.

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

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

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

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

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

Many believe these images represent interstellar lifeforms.

The self-proclaimed gateway to the Extraterrestrial Highway.

This small town was built around a marble quarry and named after one of the most famous sources of marble in the world.

This Stonehenge-inspired solar calendar stands alongside a landfill, in the middle of the Nevada desert.

This sign designates the road that leads to the infamous Area 51.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

Michael Heizer's masterwork in the Nevada Basin.

A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.

This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.

The eerie ruins of an isolated abandoned town nicknamed "the Widowmaker" for its deadly gold mine.