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

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

A relatively obscure antihero from the Marvel Comics universe adorns a wall inside Iceland's main airport.

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

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

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

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

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

A miniature model of the iconic Stockholm department store.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

Stockholm's deepest subway station is also a stunning ecological wonder.

The scars of a remarkably organized public protest to save 13 elm trees are still visible in this Stockholm park.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

This statue and park honor the Swedish chemist Jacob Berzelius, one of the founders of modern chemistry.

Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.

A heated statue pays tribute to one of Sweden's great actresses.

An ancient Viking runestone hidden in plain view in Stockholm's old town.

One of the world's first dedicated bank buildings in the world is now the oldest one.

A man has revenged his true love's betrayal through tears and stone genitalia.

Stockholm's narrowest alley is barely over two feet wide.

This legendary dessert was served to Nobel laureates for decades.

Maybe the only restaurant in the world where your seat will be signed by a Nobel laureate.