This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

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

Icelandic folklore says this giant boulder was ripped from the mountains and placed at its current location, where it became home to elves.

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

This scenic Icelandic lava flow is named for a pair of Berserkers who were murdered, according to a famous Saga.

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

The summer tourists on these cliffs are thousands of seabirds.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

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

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

This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

A Dutch clog company in the town of Zaandam loves the wooden shoes so much it made a museum for them.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

Siberian husky that delivered a life-saving antitoxin.