Akureyri is home to an oversized can of one of Iceland's favourite beers.

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

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

Iceland: home to volcanoes, waterfalls and, apparently, Santa?

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

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

This tumultuous Icelandic lava field looks so alien European researchers want to use it as a stand-in for Mars.

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

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

Forgotten under the construction of a new urban roadway is a small, abandoned part of town.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

A miniature train-ride through Slovenia's largest cave system.

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.