When you enter this complex it is like walking onto a Sci-Fi film set.

This former sewage pumping station is now a fascinating museum.

Its impressive still-working beam engine is a thing of beauty for engineering history fans.

A 19th century house built vertical steam engine.

The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.

The bombed out remains of the old church were kept intact next to the new one, as a reminder of the futility of war.

This historic textile mill has been repurposed as a shopping outlet, which houses a textile museum that celebrates its industrial past.

This 8km stretch of isolated canal is gradually being extended towards its reconnection with the national canal network.

The world's first successful water-powered cotton mill paved the way for the factories of the British Industrial Revolution.

The stationary steam engines here dragged waggons up a steep incline for over 130 years.

Polish luminaries and masterful folk art find sanctuary in this unique cemetery.

A rotting air force base is now home to rare birds and scarce plants.

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

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

The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.

Iceland's largest geothermal mud pool is a little bit haunted and a little bit dangerous.

This five-foot-tall bronze bird is a memorial to a species that was hunted out of existence.

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

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

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

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

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.