An abandoned generator and motor factory has become a multi-use industrial campus.

Walk up a ramp through a forest for panoramic views of Lake Michigan.

Only the original archway remains from the building where a false cry of "fire" started a panic that claimed more than 70 lives on Christmas Eve in 1913.

On the shores of Lake Superior, a small group of monks makes sacred sweets.

This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.

Once a slice of Cold War-era military history, this museum is finding its future in the stars.

Fill up your senses in this beautiful riverside garden, dedicated to the works of singer-songwriter John Denver.

Colorado’s second largest natural lake was created by a landslide.

What do a giraffe, an elephant, and reasonably priced steaks have in common? This roadside restaurant filled with exotic taxidermy.

This monument to one of the largest science fiction games of all time bears the names of hundreds of thousands of players.

Along this wire fence, travelers have been leaving a particular memento since 2012.

Indiana's greatest rare bookstore has a special shelf for Hoosier authors.

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

Cairns built to bring travelers good luck stretch across the land like miniature stone mountains.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

Icelandic folklore says this giant boulder was ripped from the mountains and placed at its current location, where it became home to elves.

This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.

A replica of the decorated wooden pillars Viking sailors threw overboard when finding new places to establish a settlement.

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

Iceland's "Smoky Valley" is a beautiful river that is shrouded in a constant cover of steam clouds.

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

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

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