The world's first ice hotel is still one of the most elaborate and beautiful.

The world's northernmost ice hotel.

At this Arctic outpost, get to know members of the indigenous Sámi community and meet their herds.

This functioning parish church is also the site of many concert performances due to its wonderful acoustics.

Two waterfalls flow down the cliff faces decorated with rare natural basalt columns.

The striking jade death mask of an ancient Maya king is displayed in a replica tomb in Mexico City.

Come face to face with the ferocious visage of the serpent-headed mother goddess of the Aztecs.

This strange sculpture of a menacing skull surrounded by sun rays was discovered at the foot of the Pyramid of the Sun.

These colonial murals are a fascinating hybrid of Spanish and Indigenous aesthetics.

A Lovecraftian altar of nightmarish bronze chairs sits ominously on a boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta.

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.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

An old slave lookout in Cuba's historic sugar cane fields.

Prehistoric history as seen through the lens of an outsider artist.

Neo-cave art on the macro scale.

A tomb in this cemetery holds soil from every country in Latin America.

Roam the cradle of the Cuban Revolution with life-sized dinosaurs.

Standing in this historic plaza is a statue representing one of Cuba's most iconic literary characters.

Cuba's historical trains remind natives of their country's sugary sweet past.

This communist country can still appreciate its fragrant past.

His music once banned in Communist Cuba, John Lennon is now immortalized in bronze by Castro, who considers Lennon a "fellow dreamer."

After the Cuban Revolution, the famous rum company had to leave their swanky headquarters behind.

The house that birthed The Old Man and The Sea is now a museum devoted to the old man who wrote it.