FIFA deemed this isolated field one of the most remarkable places to play the sport.

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.

The mysterious megaliths have enchanted and intrigued visitors for thousands of years.

Puffin enthusiasts flock to Europe's largest seabird cliff, which over one million birds call home.

Surrounded by ash fields in Iceland, an impossibly verdant valley looks like something out of a fairytale.

The oldest (maybe) swimming pool in Iceland is a stunning oasis built into the side of a lush hill.

Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.

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

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

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

Former headquarters of the KGB.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.

A small and surprising passageway in Saint Petersburg devoted to the Beatles.

The past, present, and future of Russia's signature alcohol is remembered in the world's only museum dedicated to the starchy spirit.

This rocky spread has been squeezed up directly from the bowels of the earth.

Hundreds of enormous icebergs drift through this waterway every year.

An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.

An eccentric garden of sculptures crafted in India decorate an Irish green space dedicated to Alan Turing.