This aromatherapy shop and mini-museum cofounded by the Sigur Rós frontman documents Icelandic history through scents.

Inside this museum, visitors venture through ghost stories entrenched in Icelandic folklore.

Iceland's first pagan temple in 1,000 years is underway in Reykjavík.

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

This hobbit-y little hot spring may be the oldest spring used by humans in all of Iceland.

A trio of hidden hot tubs takes advantage of Iceland's natural geothermal vents.

The oldest (maybe) swimming pool in Iceland is a stunning oasis built into the side of a lush hill.

An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.

One of the last full-orchestra recording studios in New York City and an acoustical marvel.

A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.

With its mine closed, this old village is starting to resemble a ghost town.

An otherworldly alpine pasture with its own unique microculture that recalls Middle Earth.

Martin Bricelj Baraga's monolithic sculpture measures the blueness of the sky, and changes color to match it.

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.

A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.

The shell of a medieval fortress offers commanding views of the area it once protected.

Austria's ultra-modern art museum looks like Cthulhu's giant alien heart.

The world's largest historic armory was established by independent citizens to defend themselves from the wars of larger forces.

Cross mysteriously appeared for 36 years.

A centuries old castle atop a dormant volcano houses museums devoted to both women and witches.

This Croatian fairytale castle is slowly falling apart thanks to years of neglect.

Eat a meal surrounded by bomb fragments.

This tiny Vietnamese village is known for eating snakes and serving their still-beating hearts in shots of vodka.

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