If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.

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

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

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

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

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

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

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

A famous big wave from Japan serves as a tribute to the victims of the disastrous Elbe flood.

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

A museum that chronicles the history of the Nuremberg Trials for Nazi war criminals in the building where the trials were once held.

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

Dedicated to the European Sinti and Roma peoples murdered during the Holocaust.

This church also serves as a lighthouse complete with a beacon.

These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.

No matter how many times this community-run sauna gets destroyed, it always rises from the ashes.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

One of the oldest lighthouses in the world has been in continuous use since it was first built in 1531.

A spectacular Petrine Baroque summer palace commissioned for Catherine I by Peter the Great.