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

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

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

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

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

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

Spain's unique Mosque-Cathedral has been a place of worship for both Muslims and Christians throughout its history.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

Opulence and fantasy collide in this royal chair which is supposedly made with unicorn horns.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.

This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.

Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.

A magnificent Victorian garden that brings the charm and style of old-time aristocracy to the 21st century public.

This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.

These medieval tunnels provided water to the city above through centuries of civil war and plague.

An eccentric collection of antique items shares space with a prop-quality witchcraft museum.

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

Visit a surreal landscape so otherworldly NASA actually used it to train the Apollo 17 crew.

On La Gomera, "Silbadors" communicate in a 4,000-word language of whistles.