Freddie Mercury's childhood home is now a monument to the iconic Queen rockstar.

An ocean in the making, in the Ethiopian desert.

Massive stele returned to Ethiopia after 70 years in Rome.

Supposedly this Ethiopian chapel holds the Ark of the Covenant, guarded by virgins who cannot leave the building.

An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.

This tourist village in Nairobi celebrates the traditional lifestyles and customs of Kenyan tribes.

Strolling through these vintage locomotives offers a surprising amount of insight into the history of Kenya.

The world’s largest permanent desert lake is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The farmhouse owned by the Danish author who wrote "Out of Africa" is now a museum honoring her legacy.

A glass and sculpture wonderland forms an oasis in a remote part of Kenya.

Drink and dine in a coral cave that's at least 120,000 years old.

Located in Nairobi National Park, this animal orphanage is the oldest of its kind in Kenya.

Just outside of Nairobi lies a large estate surrounded by endangered Rothschild giraffes, who have been fed from the window by Mick Jagger and Walter Cronkite.

Iceland's only steampunk shop imagines a retro-futuristic world that never was.

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

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

A popular Icelandic children's story comes to life inside this cave.

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

This aromatherapy shop and mini-museum cofounded by the Sigur Rós frontman documents Icelandic history through scents.

A fantastic reconstruction of a 10th-century Viking longhouse.

A replica of the decorated wooden pillars Viking sailors threw overboard when finding new places to establish a settlement.

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

At this museum in Iceland, visitors can sample fermented Greenland shark.

A restaurant devoted to "trouser grip" wrestling, an ancient form of Viking wrestling that is Iceland's national sport.