This Italianate house was the childhood home of the prominent Canadian painter, Emily Carr.

The narrowest street in Canada was once a spot for dastardly doings, now a historic piece of Chinatown.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

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

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

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.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.

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.

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

The Last Home of an Executed King.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

The oldest working mechanical clock in the world.

Seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire for centuries.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

Giant naked man on a hillside.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world