This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

Climb right into the heart of this colorful Iceland volcano.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

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

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

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

A bright and wacky exhibit answers every question you may have had about human excrement, flatulence, and more.

Plenty of old carney magic still haunts this photogenic amusement park.

This remote 4,500 year old medicine wheel is one of the last of its kind.

The spot where the two men ate together now stands enclosed in glass.

This Vietnamese bar doubles as a multistory labyrinth.

Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.

At this cozy bar tucked down a hidden Galway backroad, Guinness makes the Gaelic come out.

This pub built its reputation pouring post-shift pints for employees of the cemetery with which it shares a wall.

This Irish museum in a historic 19th century market pays tribute to the glory of butter.

The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.

More than 5,000 artifacts donated by the people of the city, plus a room entirely devoted to the band U2.

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

This ancient Irish religious site is covered in ancient carvings, many of which have barely aged.

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

Weird wax anatomical models reside here, as do other anatomical specimens.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.