The bright red stripes streaking across the rocks are the star feature at this Icelandic waterfall.

A black sand beach where glacial fragments wash ashore and look like sparkling diamonds.

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

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

This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.

This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.

Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

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

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

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

The Guardian of Tallinn.

During the Soviet era, the spire of this longstanding church was used as a radio transmission tower.

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.

These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.

No matter how many times this community-run sauna gets destroyed, it always rises from the ashes.

Finland's oldest astronomical observatory once played a crucial role in seafaring and timekeeping.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

This church also serves as a lighthouse complete with a beacon.

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.

If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.