This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.

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

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

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

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

England's most notorious suicide spot.

The Origin of On the Origin of Species.