Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

This former farm In northern Iceland is now a museum, where visitors can tour beautifully-preserved turf houses.

These ominous lava formations were said to be an entrance to the netherworld so of course they inspired a famous metal band.

A giant red chair bolted to a rock on a remote mossy hillside in Iceland.

One woman's lifelong collection is on display in this unassuming house on an Icelandic fjord.

This elderly couple's hand-picked collection of rare gems is one of the finest in all of Iceland.

The only structure in a remote mountain pass, these colorful cubes are visible from miles away.

These concrete domes were installed on an Icelandic bluff to honor a very specific musical tradion.

An isolated, rusty phone booth commemorates Iceland's first international telegraph cable.

This canyon is comprised of gorgeous waters and magnificent basalt columns.

Akureyri is home to an oversized can of one of Iceland's favourite beers.

Largest private bird collection in Iceland, formed from a tragic accident.

A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.

In Northeastern Iceland lies something of an oxymoron: a steaming desert.

This natural rock formation features seemingly unnatural vertical ridges that have been blamed on elves.

These enlarged egg sculptures represent the native birds of eastern Iceland.

Hidden behind a YMCA stands the remains of a ceremonial site that dates back hundreds of years, whose ground is still considered sacred to many Hawaiians.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

This mom-and-pop Japanese sweets shop has been serving cloud-light mochi for almost a century.

During the solar phenomenon "Lahaina Noon" this bendy, curvy sculpture forms a perfectly circular shadow on the ground.

Hawai'i's oldest wooden house was shipped around Cape Horn from Boston in 1820.

An ode to one of the first concerts broadcast via satellite.

The grand marquee of this abandoned Hawaiian theater remembers the building's elegant past.

On Waikīkī Beach, a monument to four extraordinary individuals of dual male and female spirits who brought the healing arts from Tahiti to Hawai'i.