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

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

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

Along this wire fence, travelers have been leaving a particular memento since 2012.

Europe’s most powerful hot spring supplies the surrounding region with hot water.

The final resting place of the controversial chess champion.

One woman's lifelong collection is on display in this unassuming house on an Icelandic fjord.

A fantastic reconstruction of a 10th-century Viking longhouse.

Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.

Akureyri is home to an oversized can of one of Iceland's favourite beers.

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.

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

Iceland: home to volcanoes, waterfalls and, apparently, Santa?

These enlarged egg sculptures represent the native birds of eastern Iceland.

This rusting remnant of the local herring industry is being given a second life.

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

The bright red stripes streaking across the rocks are the star feature at this Icelandic waterfall.

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.

These concrete domes were installed on an Icelandic bluff to honor a very specific musical tradion.

Two volcanic lakes in an enormous crater formed in a prehistoric eruption.

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

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