This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

A monument dedicated to the civil uprisings that took place during the Pots and Pans Revolution.

The first woman to become a member of the parliament of Iceland.

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

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.

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

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 verdant, tree-lined Reykjavik graveyard is both enchanting and eerie.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

An unusual building on a "desolate hill" features the works of an Icelandic sculptor.

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

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

The exhibition explores the Icelandic city's Viking Age history.

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

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

This boulder commemorates thousands of Irish immigrants that were victims of "ship fever."

The floating gallery illuminates the heart of Québec City's arts district.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.

Canada's largest graveyard boasts a lot of noteworthy artifacts as well as its own computerized mapping service.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.