The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.

The largest coin pyramid in the world is a carefully balanced stack of over 1,000,000 pieces.

Things aren't quite what they seem at this mind-bending museum.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

The middle finger of modernity.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

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