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

Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.

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

A winding, blood-red tunnel of hardened lava navigable by foot.

This modern monument to pagan belief looks like it was transported straight from ancient times.

Learn about Iceland's hidden folk at this school dedicated to the study of elves.

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

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

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

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

A piece of the iconic wall found an unlikely new home in a Vegas bathroom.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

A new kind of theme park for adults off the Las Vegas Strip.

The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

An old slaughterhouse now holds the largest collection of pig artifacts.

A unique hanging cable-car navigates through Dresden, the oldest suspension railway in the world.