An abandoned, decaying sculpture garden built by an eccentric physician in the 1920s now looks more like a forgotten cemetery.

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

The island of Lanai in Hawai'i is a paradise for cats and cat lovers.

Climb right into the heart of this colorful Iceland volcano.

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

This elderly couple's hand-picked collection of rare gems is one of the finest in all of Iceland.

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

This oceanside Reykjavik spot is speckled with recycled sculptures and large stones.

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

This plaque tells the story of an event that took place in an imagined parallel universe.

This modern monument to pagan belief looks like it was transported straight from ancient times.

A winding, blood-red tunnel of hardened lava navigable by foot.

This mountain fissure hides a secret path to a secluded mossy grotto within the rock itself.

Three million year old fossils are exposed for all to see on this Icelandic shore.

This rusting remnant of the local herring industry is being given a second life.

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

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