Búðardalur, Iceland
Eiriksstadir
A fantastic reconstruction of a 10th-century Viking longhouse.
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Búðardalur, Iceland
A fantastic reconstruction of a 10th-century Viking longhouse.
Flatey, Iceland
Once the site of a 12-century monastery, this tiny island is now home to only five permanent residents.
Bíldudalur, Iceland
The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.
Ísafjörður, Iceland
Discover the magic in the mundane in Iceland's Museum of Everyday Life.
Santiago, Chile
A museum founded to reflect on and remember the human rights abuses under Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.
El Chaltén, Argentina
The inspiration for the Patagonia Clothing logo, Cerro Fitz Roy turns pink at sunrise.
Puerto Río Tranquilo, Chile
Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.
Boston, Massachusetts
This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.
Boston, Massachusetts
Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.
Portland, Oregon
The magic's in the hole!
Seattle, Washington
Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.
Vancouver, British Columbia
This scenic waterfront swimming pool is the longest salt water pool in North America.
Vancouver, British Columbia
After spending more than a century on the ocean floor, this shipwrecked column is finally resting atop solid ground.
Vancouver, British Columbia
A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.
Vancouver, British Columbia
An effigy of Vancouver's Gastown neighorhood's namesake.
Vancouver, British Columbia
What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.
North Vancouver, British Columbia
This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.
Egmont, British Columbia
The water swaps direction twice a day, whipping into a frenzy of whirlpools and rapids.
Powell River, British Columbia
One of the final concrete ships built before World War II is now a crumbling breakwater.
Courtenay, British Columbia
At least 14 twice-retired ships were sunk to make a lovely rusting breakwater in Comox Harbour.
Tofino, British Columbia
The wreckage still sits at the exact spot the plane crash-landed in 1945, carrying 1,000 pounds of explosives.
Las Vegas, Nevada
One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.
Guatemala
Central America's deepest lake is actually a volcanic caldera, surrounded by three volcanoes.