Once where royalty entertained guests, this opulent table is now one of the longest in the world.

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.

For centuries young Thai men used this Giant Swing as a slingshot to heaven.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.

What started as a tongue-in-cheek shrine is now a full-blown museum celebrating "The Hoff" and his longtime love affair with Berlin.

A 16th-century monastery boasts a lush array of plants native to Mexico’s most biodiverse region.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

17th century streets hidden under Edinburgh were once a breeding ground for the black death.

A charmingly eccentric magma chaser presents his complete history of the island's eruptions since 1947, in cinematic form, just for you.

This former farm In northern Iceland is now a museum, where visitors can tour beautifully-preserved turf houses.

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

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

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

This verdant, tree-lined Reykjavik graveyard is both enchanting and eerie.

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

A formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.

This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

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

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