For hundreds of years, participants in this Japanese festival have been making babies cry to ward off demons.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

Serving you alcohol with a side of insanity. Also, costumes!

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

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

Iceland's "Smoky Valley" is a beautiful river that is shrouded in a constant cover of steam clouds.

One of the most remarkable caves in all of Iceland was created by a once raging river of lava.

The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.

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

This collection of unique liquids allows visitors to wander the waters of Iceland's glaciers.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

Learn about Iceland's hidden folk at this school dedicated to the study of elves.

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

An Icelandic island full of diving birds and legend.

Climb right into the heart of this colorful Iceland volcano.

Two volcanic lakes in an enormous crater formed in a prehistoric eruption.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

This cheerfully-named branch of the Chicago River is the fetid result of years of blood, entrails, and meatpacking waste.