Though its branches are painted bright colors by generations of locals, the tree is said to be a haunted portal to hell.

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

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

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

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

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

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

This 18-foot-tall public art installation is another of sculptor Thomas Dambo's trolls.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.