This building once stood at the center of a butter war.

This residence straddles a border between Belgium and the Netherlands.

A Netherlands hotel where you can sleep inside a wine barrel.

This Dutch statue is a monument to the fictional shrew who brought doom to the city of Stavoren.

A farm turned upside down.

This steel frame is a skeletal mirage of a lost 16th-century stone building.

Live out your childhood construction fantasies in this one-of-a-kind gyrating hotel.

Europe's first floating restaurant is home to a hilarious legend.

This museum explores how a 1973 volcanic eruption forever changed this small Icelandic island.

What was once believed to be a church floor turned out to be the artwork of geology.

This excellent museum recreates the boom days of the herring rush in the "Atlantic Klondike."

Once the site of a 12-century monastery, this tiny island is now home to only five permanent residents.

A world-class theater sits hidden in this remote town in West Iceland.

Along this wire fence, travelers have been leaving a particular memento since 2012.

A Wes Anderson-esque lighthouse that boasts magnificent coastal views.

A "simple-hearted artist" turned an isolated Icelandic valley into his own art museum.

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

A bit of the Berlin Wall was gifted to the Icelandic capital to commemorate the 25th anniversary of German reunification.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

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

Climbing Iceland's highest peak on the rim of the Oræfajökull volcano.

An Icelandic island full of diving birds and legend.

Icelandic folklore says this giant boulder was ripped from the mountains and placed at its current location, where it became home to elves.

In Northeastern Iceland lies something of an oxymoron: a steaming desert.