Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

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

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

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

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

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.

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

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

Made by river sediment, it is the largest alluvial fan in the world.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

This "Plant Farm Museum" is home to the divinely inspired and visionary outsider artwork of Reverend Howard Finster.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

Theme park featuring miniature replicas of European monuments.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.