A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

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.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam is a treasure trove of rare flora.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

A steampunk-styled three-floor factory churning out art, activism, and electronic beats.

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.

Iceland's largest geothermal mud pool is a little bit haunted and a little bit dangerous.

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

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

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

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

Ever-growing collection of devils in art.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.