A relatively obscure antihero from the Marvel Comics universe adorns a wall inside Iceland's main airport.

Two gushing waterfalls of hot spring water within a block of each other.

A glimpse at Walt Disney's vision for a "community of tomorrow," in miniature.

This small park features a monumental fountain wall, providing a great photo opportunity in the middle of Houston.

One of the oldest family businesses in Reykjavík serves lamb-based hot dogs.

This Arkansas town is known for its gangster history, its healing waters, and now its brews.

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

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

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

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

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

This verdant, tree-lined Reykjavik graveyard is both enchanting and eerie.

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

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

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

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

The largest public collection of roses in the United States.

Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

This museum is dedicated to the history and design of purses.

Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.

The "world’s largest honky-tonk" also has its own indoor rodeo arena.

An ancient underground cultic temple where sunlight penetrates on the summer solstice.

This strategically-placed fountain creates the magnificent illusion of mustangs galloping across a river.

Artist James Turrell's ode to dawn and dusk on the campus of Rice University.