Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

The magic's in the hole!

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

The site where a plot to assassinate Hitler was planned—and its conspirators were executed—is now a powerful memorial to the German resistance during World War II.

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

A unique Holocaust memorial tells the personal stories of the Jewish residents exiled from greater Berlin.

The first woman to become a member of the parliament of Iceland.

One of the oldest family businesses in Reykjavík serves lamb-based hot dogs.

This verdant, tree-lined Reykjavik graveyard is both enchanting and eerie.

A bit of the Berlin Wall was gifted to the Icelandic capital to commemorate the 25th anniversary of German reunification.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

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

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

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

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.

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

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

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

This macabre monument atop an ancient well gives a nod to a brutal episode in Scottish clan history.

A verdant 17th-century-style garden hidden along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.