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

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

A vintage video game wonderland in downtown Reykjavik.

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

One of the oldest family businesses in Reykjavík serves lamb-based hot dogs.

The exhibition explores the Icelandic city's Viking Age history.

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

An unusual building on a "desolate hill" features the works of an Icelandic sculptor.

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

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

The first woman to become a member of the parliament of Iceland.

A monument dedicated to the civil uprisings that took place during the Pots and Pans Revolution.

This aromatherapy shop and mini-museum cofounded by the Sigur Rós frontman documents Icelandic history through scents.

A historic hotel with many stories of haunted activity.

Bonsai trees that are up to a thousand years old.

A lush Seattle garden designed by the same landscape architects responsible for New York's Central Park.

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.

An alchemist's "magic door" stands in the middle of a Roman park.

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

Watch cheese-flipping robots in action at this factory and museum.

The Denny Substation has been called "the coolest substation in the world" and sits in a densely populated Seattle neighborhood.

The classic lawn figurine now claims this wooded area as home.

Every summer West Seattle experiences a housing bloom.