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

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

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

A formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.

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

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."

Venice's island of the dead.

This artistic temple brings together multiple architecture styles, but is only an example of one.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.