The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.

An abandoned dollhouse factory.

For over 80 years, Mayan ruins stood proudly in a most unlikely location.

The first evidence of some of the Earth's earliest life was found in this fossilized undersea grotto.

The haunting remains of a failed housing development can still be found behind the big box stores that were to anchor them.

A "simple-hearted artist" turned an isolated Icelandic valley into his own art museum.

This remote eatery and museum is preserved as a time capsule of a small Icelandic fishing town.

This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.

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

The oldest hall in Iceland was written of in the Sagas and features a centuries-old escape tunnel.

The Arctic Circle runs through this isolated spot north of Iceland.

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

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

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

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

This modern monument to pagan belief looks like it was transported straight from ancient times.

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

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

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

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

This mining town boomed in the Atomic Age when uranium was gold, only to be abandoned when the industry collapsed.

A monument to the egos of two railroad magnates that fell into decline along with their careers.

Long before guestbooks and hotels, frontier travelers signed their names on this rock face.

One of the smallest towns in the United States.