This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

These waste baskets play a few risque messages to discourage littering.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

This scenic Icelandic lava flow is named for a pair of Berserkers who were murdered, according to a famous Saga.

The oldest steel ship in Iceland has been beached for years and is now a rusting ruin.

Dozens of large, brightly-colored paintings adorn the walls of the "street art capital of Iceland."

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

On an island south of Iceland, a large volcanic rock formation resembles an elephant.

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

A fantastic reconstruction of a 10th-century Viking longhouse.

A "simple-hearted artist" turned an isolated Icelandic valley into his own art museum.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

In Northeastern Iceland lies something of an oxymoron: a steaming desert.

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

This canyon is comprised of gorgeous waters and magnificent basalt columns.

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

An isolated, rusty phone booth commemorates Iceland's first international telegraph cable.

This hobbit-y little hot spring may be the oldest spring used by humans in all of Iceland.

These ominous lava formations were said to be an entrance to the netherworld so of course they inspired a famous metal band.

This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

One of the last umbrella repair shops in Paris upholds the nostalgic art of umbrella making.

The subterranean "lake" below the Paris opera house inspired the Phantom of the Opera's lair.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.