The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.

A trio of hidden hot tubs takes advantage of Iceland's natural geothermal vents.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

These ominous lava formations were said to be an entrance to the netherworld so of course they inspired a famous metal band.

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

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

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

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

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

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

This replica Viking village was created for a film that was never shot and is now open to visitors.

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

These phallic stone spires once served as Tolkien's Paths of the Dead.

The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.

The "punniest place on Earth” has nearly as many bull-themed puns as it does people.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.

Ruins of a German Castle on top of a towering stone pillar.