An homage to the man who built California's version of Venice.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.

This mission, established in 1771, is the most remote of California’s Franciscan missions.

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.

This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

Grab a latte at the birthplace of modern American skateboarding.

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

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

This fairytale-like structure is the last turf church ever constructed in Iceland.

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

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

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

A restaurant devoted to "trouser grip" wrestling, an ancient form of Viking wrestling that is Iceland's national sport.

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

A geothermal paradise with bubbling mud pools and bright blue hot springs.

The Hveragerði fissure runs through this unassuming shopping center.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

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