Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.

A detailed model of Mexico City is the star attraction within this interactive exhibit inside an old theater.

This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

The subterranean "lake" below the Paris opera house inspired the Phantom of the Opera's lair.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

The final resting place of the controversial chess champion.

The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.

This replica Viking village was created for a film that was never shot and is now open to visitors.

A restaurant devoted to "trouser grip" wrestling, an ancient form of Viking wrestling that is Iceland's national sport.

Eerie ruins of an abandoned medieval fishing village crumble atop an unforgiving stretch of earth.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

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

Icelandic folklore says this giant boulder was ripped from the mountains and placed at its current location, where it became home to elves.

Cairns built to bring travelers good luck stretch across the land like miniature stone mountains.

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

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

A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.

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

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