Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

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

Iceland's largest geothermal mud pool is a little bit haunted and a little bit dangerous.

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.

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

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

This aromatherapy shop and mini-museum cofounded by the Sigur Rós frontman documents Icelandic history through scents.

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

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

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

An imposing pair of sphinxes stand guard outside this Egyptian Revival tomb.

This church in Pittsburgh is home to the largest collection of religious relics in North America.

Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

This underwater old Texas hill town only resurfaces during harsh drought.

This beautiful grotto is one of those places where you can't believe you're just outside Austin.

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

Over 100 million years ago, beach-bound dinosaurs left permanent marks on San Antonio's landscape.

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.

Beer lover's can-covered house.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.