America's largest viking stands in a Minnesota city that believes it was visited by the ancient nords.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

Legend has it the lovelorn tears of a princess and a shepherd boy formed the blue and green twin lakes in the Azores archipelago.

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

Europe's oldest still-operational tea farm also boasts a spectacular view.

The entrance to this Frankfurt subway station looks like an old tram car crashed into the concrete sidewalk.

This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.

Home to more than 13,000 pieces of war memorabilia and military equipment.

Secret North Korean passage discovered below the world's most dangerous border.

A tiny village church in dramatic surroundings.

Drift through decades of high desert music history at this funky hometown museum.

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

This statue of the great Argentinian car driver is located near a famous curve of the Monaco Grand Prix.

This earthwork installation sits on a grassy hill, celebrating Iceland's past and present.

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

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

Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.

This museum dedicated to divination also honors a local 10th-century prophetess.

A giant red chair bolted to a rock on a remote mossy hillside in Iceland.

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

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.

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

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