This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Formerly Yugoslavia's "forbidden island," this sleepy little city still holds the abandoned remains of military strongholds.

The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Maine’s only official memorial to the Underground Railroad.

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The summer tourists on these cliffs are thousands of seabirds.

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

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

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

This fairytale-like structure is the last turf church ever constructed in Iceland.

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

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