The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

See hundreds of herons and egrets in the heart of the city in this dreamy hidden park.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

One of the cave cities of Crimea, built by the Goths in the sixth century.

This magnificent Crimean estate was once a playground of the Russian elite.

A castle perched precariously over the Crimean Sea.

Legend says this remote, “bottomless” lake was created by a curse.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

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

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

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 eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

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

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

Monumental sculptures guard many of the graves, transforming this necropolis into an open-air fine art museum.

Ukraine's oldest operating pharmacy now offers guests a fascinating walk through apothecary history.