A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

This beautiful grotto is one of those places where you can't believe you're just outside Austin.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

A centuries-old shrine where Indians pray for U.S. visas.

Along this wire fence, travelers have been leaving a particular memento since 2012.

One of the oldest family businesses in Reykjavík serves lamb-based hot dogs.

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

A relatively obscure antihero from the Marvel Comics universe adorns a wall inside Iceland's main airport.

A Wes Anderson-esque lighthouse that boasts magnificent coastal views.

Twisted girders are all that remain of an Icelandic bridge that was wiped out by a combination of volcanic heat and glacial floods.

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

Cairns built to bring travelers good luck stretch across the land like miniature stone mountains.

An Icelandic island full of diving birds and legend.

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

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

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

The summer tourists on these cliffs are thousands of seabirds.

This tumultuous Icelandic lava field looks so alien European researchers want to use it as a stand-in for Mars.

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

A lonely beacon, precariously perched atop a remote sliver of rock.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.

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

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.