This former farm In northern Iceland is now a museum, where visitors can tour beautifully-preserved turf houses.

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

Eerie ruins of an abandoned medieval fishing village crumble atop an unforgiving stretch of earth.

The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.

Constructed along the shores of Lake Zurich, this pavilion is a walk-through work of art.

One of a series of no-purpose kinetic artworks by Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely.

Featuring a meatless buffet fit for kings, this family-owned Zurich eatery is considered the oldest vegetarian restaurant in the West.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.

A decomissioned facility where the German "Transrapid" maglev trains were once tested.

The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.

World's only telecommunication tower with a wooden pinnacle.

This effigy of Peter the Great is greatly disproportionate.

Bomb tests and sheep ranchers share the world's largest military land base.

This eccentric cave dwelling is bizarre even by the standards of a subterranean town.

Curious crater remnants in the middle of the Australian outback.

Olive’s garden serves up a seemingly endless helping of outback delights.

Largest illuminated advertisement sign in the world.

The only remaining U-boat that is still floating never actually saw any action in World War II.

Once the longest swing bridge in Europe.

The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.

Between Neo-Pagans and Neo-Nazis, these strange rock formations have a curious cult following and a very strange history.