This replica Viking village was created for a film that was never shot and is now open to visitors.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

This monument to one of the largest science fiction games of all time bears the names of hundreds of thousands of players.

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

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

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

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

A phallic shrine to a princess goddess in Krabi, Thailand.

Asia's largest limestone cave is home to a world of plastic goblins and gold mining history.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

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

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

A sobering scientific reminder of the human damage caused by the advent of the nuclear age.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

Tracking the 1,500-year history of Korea's star cabbage.

Acres of salt crystal pyramids dry in the sun along Thailand's "salt road."

The world's largest prehistoric copper mine had 30,000 animal bones scattered throughout the maze of passageways.

Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.