A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.

A jukebox headstone marks the grave of the Cleveland disc jockey credited with coining the term “rock 'n' roll."

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

This restaurant offers a side of antiques, curios, and a bathroom chock full of owls.

The Pennsylvania shopping center was once the setting for the 1978 film, "Dawn of the Dead."

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

The house that Frank Lloyd Wright "(shook) out of his sleeve at will" at the age of 86.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

The exhibition explores the Icelandic city's Viking Age history.

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

The oldest restaurant in the world is this old-world Spanish eatery, still known for its suckling pig.

A vintage video game wonderland in downtown Reykjavik.

A Wes Anderson-esque lighthouse that boasts magnificent coastal views.

Twisted girders are all that remain of an Icelandic bridge that was wiped out by a combination of volcanic heat and glacial floods.

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

This mountain fissure hides a secret path to a secluded mossy grotto within the rock itself.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

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

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