Direct, creative challenge to Mother Nature's winter wrath.

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

A Borgesian work of art that may blur the line between fiction and reality a little too convincingly.

This French Canadian classic is a specialty of the oldest continually used church in Minneapolis.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

A world-class theater sits hidden in this remote town in West Iceland.

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

This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.

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

A formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

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

A trio of hidden hot tubs takes advantage of Iceland's natural geothermal vents.

This modern monument to pagan belief looks like it was transported straight from ancient times.

Climb right into the heart of this colorful Iceland volcano.

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

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.

This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

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

Fire meets ice at the southernmost volcano on Earth.

An abandoned whaling station on an active volcano offers hot springs in Antarctica, surrounded by ruined giants of industry.

Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.