This museum explores how a 1973 volcanic eruption forever changed this small Icelandic island.

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

This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.

Surrounded by ash fields in Iceland, an impossibly verdant valley looks like something out of a fairytale.

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

Iceland's largest geothermal mud pool is a little bit haunted and a little bit dangerous.

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.

This aromatherapy shop and mini-museum cofounded by the Sigur Rós frontman documents Icelandic history through scents.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

Hundreds of personalized inscribed planks make up this historic boardwalk.

This delicate museum is devoted to the art and industry that once supported Cape Cod's oldest town.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

Step back in time while shopping inside this local store.

A hidden barn-sized rendition of Grant Wood's most famous, and most parodied, painting.

The second-highest train station in Europe.

A Swiss amusement park entirely dedicated to the theory of ancient astronauts.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

A historic observatory precariously perched at the "Top of Europe."

A cablecar-station-turned-revolving restaurant with 360-degree views of the Swiss skyline.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

The middle finger of modernity.