This inexpensive lodging house was once a prison notorious for its inhumane practices.

A 1975 bylaw prohibits the construction of any building that would block the view of this Gothic Revival church.

The exhibition explores the Icelandic city's Viking Age history.

A monument dedicated to the civil uprisings that took place during the Pots and Pans Revolution.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

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

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

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

Inside this Icelandic greenhouse, geothermal energy keeps tomatoes warm and growing.

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

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

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

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.

In the shadow of a former battleground, the resting place for nearly 2,000 soldiers who died in World War I.

A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.

A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.

This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.

The site where one of the most famous poems of World War I was composed is preserved to honor the legacy of the work.

The ruins of a 15th-century church once home to priests who prayed for a single family's salvation.

An amazing model of a whale's jaw bone pays homage to the region's seafaring traditions.

The one-time stronghold of the noble Douglas family, now home to ghost sightings and nesting birds.

A curious structure built just for the birds.

The small Scottish townhouse where the "Father of the National Parks" was born.