This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

The oldest church in Inverness witnessed the brutal executions of many Scottish soldiers.

One of the city's oldest pubs displays a skull said to belong to the country's last witch burned at the stake.

This emblematic representation is said to bring the students good fortune.

This small memorial honors a ferocious feline and local hero.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

Glasgow's oldest pub has a proud literary tradition and possibly a ghost or two.

A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.

Climb this overlooked gem's spiral staircase and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views of Glasgow.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

A 200-year-old collection of oddities and medical paraphernalia.

One of the oldest family businesses in Reykjavík serves lamb-based hot dogs.

Learn about Iceland's hidden folk at this school dedicated to the study of elves.

This Viking-inspired miniature golf course features a pirate ship and views of Icelandic landscapes.

The oldest bookstore in Iceland.

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

The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.

This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

The bright red stripes streaking across the rocks are the star feature at this Icelandic waterfall.

At this museum in Iceland, visitors can sample fermented Greenland shark.

Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.