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

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

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

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

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

This oceanside Reykjavik spot is speckled with recycled sculptures and large stones.

The remains of a hospital that housed over 200 leprosy patients.

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

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

A devastating landslide accidentally created this tourist hotspot.

One of the largest squares in Europe contains an entire artificial island.

One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

The people of Padua pledged to construct this church if the city was spared from destruction during World War I.

Stare out over the lagoon and beyond from this 10th-century campanile on the island where the city of Venice began.

An island on the Venetian Lagoon hosts this stone chair that has nothing to do with the King of the Huns.

The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.