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

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

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

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

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

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.

A natural arch carved by a river gave its name to the so-called "Cave of Forgotten Dreams."

Kenyan restaurant is a carnivore's paradise, serving exotic meats at its ultimate 'Beast of a Feast.'

These old World War II fortifications have been transformed into an unusual equine attraction.

Remnants of the Nazis' occupation of Denmark linger along the sand.

Dancing skeletal figures pay homage to a medieval mural destroyed during World War II.

A tilted half-timbered house from 1672 is built into a salvaged segment of a medieval wall.

Twelve sweet, nutty, life-sized statues are housed in this second-story shrine to almond paste.

The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.

A stunning two-story timepiece within a medieval Brick Gothic church.

A statue honors the local legend that the devil helped build St. Mary's church after being tricked into thinking it was going to be a wine bar.

The small alleys in Lübeck's Old Town are a result of medieval urban sprawl.

The site of a concentration camp where inmates were made to take part in one of the largest counterfeiting operations in history is now hauntingly empty.

The 1852 novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" lends its name to a subway station, a street, and several shops on the edge of Berlin.

A tree-like building perches on its trunk in the Steglitz neighborhood of Berlin.

A traditional U-Bahn station in Berlin gets a string of rather untraditional benches.

A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.