Places NixOfNowhere Wants to Go

The home of the morbid art of corpse plastination is open for visitors to view the fascinating, but stomach-churning process.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

The "Great Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.

This hydraulic power system in London was, at one time, seen as a rival to electricity and the last of its kind to shut down.

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

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

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

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

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

The history of Reykjavik told through a historical village and live actors.

This rusting remnant of the local herring industry is being given a second life.

Eerie ruins of an abandoned medieval fishing village crumble atop an unforgiving stretch of earth.

A popular Icelandic children's story comes to life inside this cave.

The Hveragerði fissure runs through this unassuming shopping center.

This mountain fissure hides a secret path to a secluded mossy grotto within the rock itself.

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

This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.

This scenic Icelandic lava flow is named for a pair of Berserkers who were murdered, according to a famous Saga.

A fantastic reconstruction of a 10th-century Viking longhouse.

A trio of hidden hot tubs takes advantage of Iceland's natural geothermal vents.

A mysterious crater-like pond has a spooky tendency to empty and fill with complete disregard to rainfall patterns.

A strange and ancient landscape hides the dark, cavernous remains of a 5,000-year-old flint mine.

This 15th-century fortification was built to defend bunnies.

A witch wreaks ruinous revenge on this ancient church with her "enchanted leg."