This historic fort spans more the 300 years.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

An unoccupied lighthouse encased in layers of ice from the waters of Lake Erie.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.

This five-foot-tall bronze bird is a memorial to a species that was hunted out of existence.

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

The only structure in a remote mountain pass, these colorful cubes are visible from miles away.

Eerie ruins of an abandoned medieval fishing village crumble atop an unforgiving stretch of earth.

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

On an island south of Iceland, a large volcanic rock formation resembles an elephant.

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

The oldest hall in Iceland was written of in the Sagas and features a centuries-old escape tunnel.

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

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 oldest steel ship in Iceland has been beached for years and is now a rusting ruin.

A Wes Anderson-esque lighthouse that boasts magnificent coastal views.

These enlarged egg sculptures represent the native birds of eastern Iceland.

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

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

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.