A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.

This airport currywurst stand is made out of retro airplane parts.

This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.

This century-old cinema house has a marquee that has been hand painted by a single man for over 25 years.

A subterranean display of public art and architecture.

King Ludwig I's collection of beautiful women.

One man's personal kunstkammer, museum and shop.

One of the most easily accessible examples of the rare 1960s UFO houses.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

Iceland's first pagan temple in 1,000 years is underway in Reykjavík.

This museum dedicated to divination also honors a local 10th-century prophetess.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

This replica Viking village was created for a film that was never shot and is now open to visitors.

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

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

The oldest church in Iceland is one of the few to feature ornate decoration.

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.

A little-visited waterfall in an otherworldly landscape.