A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.

A nightly tradition fills the streets of Flogsta with a collective scream.

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

Twisted girders are all that remain of an Icelandic bridge that was wiped out by a combination of volcanic heat and glacial floods.

This fairytale-like structure is the last turf church ever constructed in Iceland.

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

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

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

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

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

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

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

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

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

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

Every summer, an open-air swimming pool appears at the base of a Finnish city's beloved winter attraction.

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.

A beautiful Arctic museum and nature center preserves the culture of the Sámi people.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

Turntable anonymously received orphans, alms, and groceries.

An unusual stroll through gentlemen's erotica demonstrates that pornography is timeless.