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51.2964, -0.7497
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42.9614, -89.5073
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52.8631, -102.3887
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36.6603, -115.9947
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Iceland
Selatangar
Eerie ruins of an abandoned medieval fishing village crumble atop an unforgiving stretch of earth.
63.8380, -22.2407
Thingvellir, Iceland
Þingvellir
The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.
64.2581, -21.1250
Iceland
Búðakirkja
This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.
64.8218, -23.3846
Reykjavik, Iceland
Harpa
This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.
64.1503, -21.9325
Reykjavik, Iceland
Icelandic Punk Museum
This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.
64.1469, -21.9358
Iceland
U.S. Navy DC-3 Wreckage
This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.
63.4591, -19.3647
Iceland
Gullfoss (Golden Falls)
If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.
64.3270, -20.1200
Iceland
Bridge Between Continents
Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.
63.8683, -22.6755
Reykjavik, Iceland
Icelandic Phallological Museum
An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.
64.1481, -21.9351
Iceland
Kerið Crater Lake
This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.
64.0413, -20.8851
Reykjavik, Iceland
Hallgrimskirkja
One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.
64.1417, -21.9266
Grindavík, Iceland
Blue Lagoon
Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant
63.8801, -22.4494
Slope Point, New Zealand
Slope Point
The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.
-46.6685, 169.0008
Ireland
The Dry Stone Walls of the Aran Islands
Mortarless walls that stretch for miles are a lovely solution for creating grazing land in the harsh terrain of the Aran Islands.
53.0663, -9.5297
Mayo, Ireland
Slievemore's deserted stone village
Achill's most recently abandoned village dates back to to the Age of Enlightenment.
53.9639, -10.0030
Dublin, Ireland
Kilmainham Gaol
One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.
53.3419, -6.3096
Dublin, Ireland
St. Michan's Mummies
An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.
53.3475, -6.2755
Inisheer, Ireland
MV Plassy
A steam trawler with a whiskey-soaked history driven ashore in 1960 resides rusty but still standing on the shoreline.
53.0558, -9.5038
Glenslane, Ireland
The Hole of the Sorrows
This singular Irish dolmen is more Frank Lloyd Wright than upright stonehenge.
53.0487, -9.1400
Sanibel, Florida
Pistol Shrimp of Ding Darling
Just below the surface, shrimp are producing temperatures hotter than the sun.
26.4452, -82.1135
Key West, Florida
Hemingway's Last Penny
An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.
24.5512, -81.8006
Key West, Florida
The Conch Republic
"We Seceded Where Others Failed."
24.5557, -81.7826
Key West, Florida
Southernmost Point of the Continental U.S.
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
24.5465, -81.7975
Key West, Florida
Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
24.5511, -81.8005
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