One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

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

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

A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

A winding, blood-red tunnel of hardened lava navigable by foot.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

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

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

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

This small museum nestled inside a souvenir shop is dedicated to Sweden's most well-known toy.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

Stockholm's deepest subway station is also a stunning ecological wonder.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

The second largest reclining Buddha in the world got "lost" for over 120 years.

A series of tiny artificial islands rich with produce bob atop the surface of the lake.

A Buddha-filled cave that is named after a giant monster spider.

A grand example of 19th century Burmese teak architecture, and the most significant of Mandalay's historic buildings.

Myanmar's Mount Olympus atop a 2,500-foot volcanic plug.