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

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

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

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

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

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

This monument to one of the largest science fiction games of all time bears the names of hundreds of thousands of players.

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

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

A bit of the Berlin Wall was gifted to the Icelandic capital to commemorate the 25th anniversary of German reunification.

This 15-story mural celebrates the 50th anniversary of the musician's iconic "At Folsom Prison" album.

A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.

Iron Age grave stones and Viking burials, a short drive from Gothenburg.

A memorial to a Swedish hockey player's "encounter" with aliens.

A collection of noses tucked inside an art museum reveals how times have changed.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

A golden egg-shaped sauna in the Arctic tundra.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Across the Pacific in a raft, a museum dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl's now legendary expedition.

An abandoned, deteriorating tuberculosis hospital from the turn of the 20th century.

This floating sculpture of ice is a poignant reminder of nature's power.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

Housing the famous Norwegian ice-defying 19th century polar exploration ship.