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

These enlarged egg sculptures represent the native birds of eastern Iceland.

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

This fairytale-like structure is the last turf church ever constructed in Iceland.

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.

Iceland: home to volcanoes, waterfalls and, apparently, Santa?

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

This excellent museum recreates the boom days of the herring rush in the "Atlantic Klondike."

A formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.

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

This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

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

A bit of the Berlin Wall was gifted to the Icelandic capital to commemorate the 25th anniversary of German reunification.

The oldest church in Iceland is one of the few to feature ornate decoration.

This urban oasis is a marvelous meld of music and landscape architecture.

This impressive working clock made of 16,000 plants changes its flowers twice a year.

This "Palace of Purification" has made many film appearances as a dark and sinister headquarters.

A memorial to the tens of thousands of Irish who fled to North America during the Great Famine.

The Incredible Hulk, Yoda, Mulder and Scully, and many many others watch over the mean streets of Toronto.

The Victorian-era greenhouse is stuffed with tropical plants, and open 365 days a year.

The nude sculpture on this fountain shocked conservative townsfolk when it was first unveiled, but not as much as the dead body found in it decades later.

A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.