An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years old and harbors many surprises.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

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

The oldest steel ship in Iceland has been beached for years and is now a rusting ruin.

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

An Icelandic island full of diving birds and legend.

This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.

This replica Viking village was created for a film that was never shot and is now open to visitors.

A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.

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

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

Occult books, tarot, oddities.

Dilapidated ruins that once treated a notorious young serial killer, currently hosting vandals, squatters, and ghost hunters.

A museum dedicated to the least secret spy is actually an attempt to get Hollywood's attention.

These Japanese gardens are blankets of light for dark winter nights.

An eerie maze of industrial factories looks like something out of a dystopian sci-fi.

An anthropological theme park that depicts the cultures of around 20 different countries.

This historic hydroelectric power plant in Japan has been preserved and is open to the public.

A Japanese train station built around a 700-year-old camphor tree.

Roots and stumps that lay inundated for two millennia are on display in Japan's city of three mysteries.

Modern Japanese museum is buried by snow annually.

Children's literature inside, forest all around.