A sculpture outside London's oldest cathedral honors the Mohegan chief who died while petitioning the king.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

These docile dragons are ideal inhabitants for the conservatory greenhouses.

Because sometimes the most efficient route from A to B isn't a straight line.

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

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

Eerie ruins of an abandoned medieval fishing village crumble atop an unforgiving stretch of earth.

Iceland's largest geothermal mud pool is a little bit haunted and a little bit dangerous.

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

This scenic Icelandic lava flow is named for a pair of Berserkers who were murdered, according to a famous Saga.

This natural rock formation features seemingly unnatural vertical ridges that have been blamed on elves.

This mountain fissure hides a secret path to a secluded mossy grotto within the rock itself.

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

This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.

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

Climb right into the heart of this colorful Iceland volcano.

Iceland's "Smoky Valley" is a beautiful river that is shrouded in a constant cover of steam clouds.

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.

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

This large, circular tomb is the final resting place of the first emperor of Rome.

England's steepest street has such a drastic incline that locals tie their parked cars to lampposts when it gets icy.

A stone troll guards the hike that leads to this waterfall.

Germany has its very own Centralia, whose spark remains attributed to "spontaneous combustion."

This cavernous swimming spot doubles as a home to the largest known colony of bats in Central Asia.