Downtown Minneapolis mixed art and function by turning some of their sewer covers into works of art.

This bright yellow building is packed with sweet treats from all around the world, from chocolate-covered crickets to whoopie pies.

A whimsical sensor instrument for Minneapolitans to play on their walks to work.

A giant red chair bolted to a rock on a remote mossy hillside in Iceland.

A black sand beach where glacial fragments wash ashore and look like sparkling diamonds.

A giant concrete orb in far north Iceland marks the ever-shifting boundary.

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

The world's most remote permanent settlement on an active volcano.

Once the site of a 12-century monastery, this tiny island is now home to only five permanent residents.

One of the first historical sites of an alternative universe was installed in the town of Paris, Illinois—which is now home to an annual spelling bee of Kcymaerxthaereal words.

The remote graves mark the mysterious deaths of four 19th century explorers.

These hellish-looking cliffs in the Canadian Arctic have been burning for centuries.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Final resting place of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton.

The Tallahassee Airport serves over half a million passengers a year and is home to some permanent residents too.

This is probably not the Target you're looking for.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

This excellent museum recreates the boom days of the herring rush in the "Atlantic Klondike."

Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

This verdant, tree-lined Reykjavik graveyard is both enchanting and eerie.

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

These enlarged egg sculptures represent the native birds of eastern Iceland.