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 hobbit-y little hot spring may be the oldest spring used by humans in all of Iceland.

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

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

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

A bit of the Berlin Wall was gifted to the Icelandic capital to commemorate the 25th anniversary of German reunification.

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

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

Christ's blood preserved in a Belgian town.

The world’s largest knitted mitten is displayed in one of Sweden’s smallest Arctic villages.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

This German museum is devoted to all aspects of grave culture from headstones to coffins.

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

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

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

An old slaughterhouse now holds the largest collection of pig artifacts.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.