If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

An enormous and lavish Gothic church in Czechia.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

A 19th-century subterranean reservoir repurposed as a contemporary art cave.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

This snug medieval lane is one of the narrowest streets in the world.

The European towns of Brașov and Râșnov each have proud signs reminiscent of the Hollywood sign.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

A silly medieval mural preserved on the side of a Viennese house.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

Edoras, capital city of Rohan in Lord of the Rings, once sat atop this isolated New Zealand mountain.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.

Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

The ancient mosaics here are considered among the finest in the world, and serve as a stunning record of Greco-Roman daily life.

An ancient necropolis of magnificent tombs.