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

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

A valley of unique erosion patterns lends to a view like nothing on Earth.

This historic hub for labor unions has survived the city's changing landscape.

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

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

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

A formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.

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.

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

This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.

Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

Carved fountains poignantly placed in parks and in front of special monuments.

Visitors dating back to the 1600s carved their marks in the stones of the iconic tower.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.