Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

The middle finger of modernity.

The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

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

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

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

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

The oldest (maybe) swimming pool in Iceland is a stunning oasis built into the side of a lush hill.

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

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

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

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

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

Eight rare Corvettes are swallowed up by a sinkhole in Kentucky's National Corvette Museum.

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.