This five-foot-tall bronze bird is a memorial to a species that was hunted out of existence.

Cairns built to bring travelers good luck stretch across the land like miniature stone mountains.

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

Outlaws, hot springs, and tragedy have all left their mark on this ancient road in the Icelandic highlands.

Iceland's largest geothermal mud pool is a little bit haunted and a little bit dangerous.

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

The summer tourists on these cliffs are thousands of seabirds.

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

The oldest church in Iceland is one of the few to feature ornate decoration.

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.

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

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

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

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.

In an area where the remnants of WWI are discovered on a regular basis this preserved frontline trench may be the most amazing.

In the shadow of a former battleground, the resting place for nearly 2,000 soldiers who died in World War I.

This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.