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

A favorite with sightseers, this Norwegian funicular provides easy access to a stunning view of Bergen and its environs.

St George's Leprosy Museum depicts the gruesome afflictions of those suffering from the disease.

Art Deco and “Wrenaissance” mash-up, this recently restored royal residence has been home to kings and comes with secret monkey passages included.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

Rusting away on the edge of New Jersey are the remains of a Cold War missile launch site.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

These unassuming lighthouses have seen the first reading of the Pledge of Allegiance, the first wireless transmission, and more than one mystery.

A decorated war pigeon stands guard in eternal taxidermied rest at his alma mater.

The final resting place of many of New Jersey's most famous residents, including U.S. history's most in-vogue antagonist, Aaron Burr.

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.

The mysterious canine hides atop a drain pipe on the back of the building, some say as a sneaky shoutout to Yale.

One of New Jersey's oldest surviving buildings still bears the mark of our former British overlords.

Creaky dinosaurs grow in the backroads of Monmouth County, New Jersey.

The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

Some Moscow residents once claimed the bizarre, contorted mass of metal on top of the building was used to manipulate minds.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

Former headquarters of the KGB.

World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.