A whimsical brother of the nearby Fallen Angel statue takes the falling part quite literally.

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.

One of the few remaining ancient aqueducts described by Frontinus as 'the most solemn testimony of the Empire.'

Commonly acknowledged as the only public monument to the Devil himself.

An ancient Egyptian temple in the middle of Madrid, Spain.

A mysterious dark-skinned Christ statue has been this town's religious center for centuries.

This excellent museum recreates the boom days of the herring rush in the "Atlantic Klondike."

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

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

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

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

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

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.

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

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

A giant concrete orb in far north Iceland marks the ever-shifting boundary.

This scenic Icelandic lava flow is named for a pair of Berserkers who were murdered, according to a famous Saga.

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

The Arctic Circle runs through this isolated spot north of Iceland.

A formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.

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

Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.

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