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

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

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 valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

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

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

The eccentric mansion of one the most popular horror authors of modern times.

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

The bronze uniforms commemorate the vital role of women during World War II.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

The U.S. Army's giant warehouse of war art includes Hitler’s watercolors and Norman Rockwell oil paintings.

These trees are living witnesses to events that inspired poet Walt Whitman’s service during the American Civil War.

Constructed by the younger brother of George Washington.

A home that witnessed Civil War combat on the Sunken Road has the battle scars to prove it.