A glacial valley filled with silver beech trees in the mountains of Portugal.

Sip cherry liqueur at a bar dating back to 1840.

Eat the ultimate iteration of Portugal's most beloved pastry.

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

A black sand beach where glacial fragments wash ashore and look like sparkling diamonds.

A relatively obscure antihero from the Marvel Comics universe adorns a wall inside Iceland's main airport.

Twisted girders are all that remain of an Icelandic bridge that was wiped out by a combination of volcanic heat and glacial floods.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

This fairytale-like structure is the last turf church ever constructed in Iceland.

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

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

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

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

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

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

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

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

Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

The final resting place of the "father of special effects."

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

One of Jeff Koons’s largest sculptures and his first commemorative work.