20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

A B-17 bomber stands as a memorial to the residents of Tulare County who served in World War II.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.

The huge granite obelisk that towers over a small California town.

This hidden fire lookout offers spectacular views of Sequoia National Park.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

The remains of a World War II munitions factory still haunt the fields of this Twin Cities suburb.

Frozen in Norway, vended in Singapore.

One of the highest mountain passes in Europe has been ranked among the best driving roads in the world.

The world's largest floating loon bobs in the lake to kick off an annual festival.

The most alien-looking place on Earth.

Henry Ford's failed rubber plantation in the middle of the Amazon rain forest.

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

A fantastic reconstruction of a 10th-century Viking longhouse.

This wild explosion of color on a disused water tower tells the whimsical tale of a curious puffin.

This oceanside Reykjavik spot is speckled with recycled sculptures and large stones.

A replica of the decorated wooden pillars Viking sailors threw overboard when finding new places to establish a settlement.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

One woman's lifelong collection is on display in this unassuming house on an Icelandic fjord.

Cairns built to bring travelers good luck stretch across the land like miniature stone mountains.

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