Unparalleled stargazing, one of Colombia's best observatories, and a swimming pool can all be found in the middle of this ancient tropical forest.

This collection of ancient, mountaintop, underground tombs was once hidden by decades of bloodshed.

Pilgrims each carried a brick to the top of Mount Monserrate to help build this historic sanctuary in Colombia.

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

Europe’s most powerful hot spring supplies the surrounding region with hot water.

This canyon is comprised of gorgeous waters and magnificent basalt columns.

Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.

A fantastic reconstruction of a 10th-century Viking longhouse.

Twisted girders are all that remain of an Icelandic bridge that was wiped out by a combination of volcanic heat and glacial floods.

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

Cairns built to bring travelers good luck stretch across the land like miniature stone mountains.

These enlarged egg sculptures represent the native birds of eastern Iceland.

A giant red chair bolted to a rock on a remote mossy hillside in Iceland.

This scenic Icelandic lava flow is named for a pair of Berserkers who were murdered, according to a famous Saga.

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

Iceland's largest geothermal mud pool is a little bit haunted and a little bit dangerous.

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

Puffin enthusiasts flock to Europe's largest seabird cliff, which over one million birds call home.

These concrete domes were installed on an Icelandic bluff to honor a very specific musical tradion.

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

The oldest steel ship in Iceland has been beached for years and is now a rusting ruin.

A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.

A formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.

This mountain fissure hides a secret path to a secluded mossy grotto within the rock itself.