A safari-themed castle in the South African bush with the largest maze in the southern hemisphere.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

Ancient catacombs form the foundation for this Rococo orgy of a church.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

An ancient and majestic fortress that played an integral role in Portugal's road to independence.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

A fantastic place to see murals, and an important location in the history of Toronto's legal street art scene.

The world's northernmost Islamic garden is in the chilly climate of Canada.

This five-foot-tall bronze bird is a memorial to a species that was hunted out of existence.

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 eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

Inside this Icelandic greenhouse, geothermal energy keeps tomatoes warm and growing.

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

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.

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.

Iceland's largest geothermal mud pool is a little bit haunted and a little bit dangerous.

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

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

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.

On an island south of Iceland, a large volcanic rock formation resembles an elephant.