Places Ragnar of Ballard Wants to Go

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

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

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

The oldest steel ship in Iceland has been beached for years and is now a rusting ruin.

Inside this museum, visitors venture through ghost stories entrenched in Icelandic folklore.

A 17-acre urban oasis featuring a pollinator garden, heritage trees, and an aerial tree walk.

Portland had a unique approach to Cold War-era protections.

Is this the most Portland place ever?

This replica Viking village was created for a film that was never shot and is now open to visitors.

The gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.

This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.

This small, unassuming, nursery plays hosts to some unique plant life.

This secluded Iceland farm holds the collected works of one rural sculptor's creations.

The oldest hall in Iceland was written of in the Sagas and features a centuries-old escape tunnel.

A giant red chair bolted to a rock on a remote mossy hillside in Iceland.

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

The world's first clock to use set theory as a measure of time required the invention of a new light bulb just to maintain its obtuse measurements.

When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.

The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.

What started as a tongue-in-cheek shrine is now a full-blown museum celebrating "The Hoff" and his longtime love affair with Berlin.

This monumental work of art symbolizes the coming together of a previously divided city.

This watchtower once presided over the Berlin Wall.

The best bagels in Berlin are tucked away in an independent bookstore.

One of the oldest cemeteries in Germany was originally used for victims of a cholera epidemic.