A "simple-hearted artist" turned an isolated Icelandic valley into his own art museum.

Travel deep inside of Europe's second largest glacier in the world's largest man-made ice cave.

Puffin enthusiasts flock to Europe's largest seabird cliff, which over one million birds call home.

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

A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.

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

Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.

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

This landmark jazz venue is the oldest continuously running African-American club in the United States.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

Florence’s mother built a stairway down to her daughter’s coffin so she could comfort her during storms.

Tucked away on a hilltop in the backwoods of Mississippi lies the remains of a blues legend.

A suburban street in Anchorage doubles as a runway, and each home has its own airplane hangar.

During the summer, surfers in Alaska take advantage of this inlet’s unusual water patterns.

A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.

This 19th-century sugarcane plantation is one of the most well-preserved estates of its kind, including its original quarters for enslaved laborers.

This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.

Abraham Lincoln's likeness rests at the top of this giant totem pole.

The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."

Despite its name, this fast food museum is actually a replica of the ninth McDonald's store.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

The smallest useable chapel in Michigan is five-by-eight feet and has seating for three.

The heroic sled dog of the 1925 serum run is preserved in taxidermy.

The beauty of urban decay, hiding some dark secrets.