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

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

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.

Climbing Iceland's highest peak on the rim of the Oræfajökull volcano.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

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

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

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

A formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.

This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.

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

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.