This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

This refurbished gas station is one of the oldest in Texas, located on the original Route 66.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

Dad jokes and wordplay abound in this comic fake cemetery.

The ruins of an important pilgrimage destination for worshippers of a Maya fertility goddess.

A popular Icelandic children's story comes to life inside this cave.

Inside this Icelandic greenhouse, geothermal energy keeps tomatoes warm and growing.

Cairns built to bring travelers good luck stretch across the land like miniature stone mountains.

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

Travel deep inside of Europe's second largest glacier in the world's largest man-made ice cave.

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

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

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

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

This collection of bronze hands comes from astronauts, presidents, baseball greats, and more.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.