This famous writer's tombstone is a literary pilgrimage site that was publicly defiled by a rival.

This simple apartment may have inspired some of the most important theories in the history of science.

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.

One hundred years ago this small house in downtown Zürich became the birthplace of the Dada movement.

The oldest surviving wooden bridge over Rhine lets travelers cross easily from Switzerland to Liechtensten.

In one of the world's smallest countries, a royal's personal winery is open to the public.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

King Ludwig I's collection of beautiful women.

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

On an island south of Iceland, a large volcanic rock formation resembles an elephant.

The final resting place of the controversial chess champion.

A restaurant devoted to "trouser grip" wrestling, an ancient form of Viking wrestling that is Iceland's national sport.

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

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

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

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.

A giant red chair bolted to a rock on a remote mossy hillside in Iceland.

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

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

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

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