The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

A collection dedicated to the treatment of disease, held in London's oldest hospital.

An eccentric Victorian aristocrat's enormous collection of medieval armor and weapons from around the world.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

The Art Deco artwork depicts gilded carriers of deadly illnesses.

The biologist's fossilized headstone was meant to reflect his love of nature. Its, ahem, unusual shape is probably just a coincidence.

This five-foot-tall bronze bird is a memorial to a species that was hunted out of existence.

A popular Icelandic children's story comes to life inside this cave.

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

At this museum in Iceland, visitors can sample fermented Greenland shark.

Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.

Climb right into the heart of this colorful Iceland volcano.

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

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

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

Learn about Iceland's hidden folk at this school dedicated to the study of elves.

Inside this museum, visitors venture through ghost stories entrenched in Icelandic folklore.

This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

Climbing Iceland's highest peak on the rim of the Oræfajökull volcano.

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

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