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

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

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

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.

This historic observatory contains the world's oldest refracting lens telescope.

A massive stairway that almost wasn't leads to one of Australia's most scenic vistas.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

This historical air terminal in Houston is slowly becoming an aviation museum dedicated to the city's aeronautical history.

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

Taihape's claim to fame is a fictional Kiwi farmer wearing gumboots.

Home to some of the world’s darkest skies, this project blends ancient Māori culture with world-class astro tourism.

A New Zealand couple's shell-adorned home living room, now on display at the Canterbury Museum.

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

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