A stunning silver lining to global warming's gloomy cloud.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

This giant boulder is pinched over a 1000-meter abyss by two mountains.

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

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

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

This monument to one of the largest science fiction games of all time bears the names of hundreds of thousands of players.

A vintage video game wonderland in downtown Reykjavik.

The Argonaute submarine was the French navy's pride and joy in the 1950's.

A charming flea market shop dedicated to retrofuturistic apparati.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.