This restaurant offers a side of antiques, curios, and a bathroom chock full of owls.

This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement has been serving food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.

The tragic reality of a town riddled with rumors of haunts, chemical spills, and serial killers.

Beside a busy highway, a colony of Great Blue Herons raises hundreds of offspring each year.

These powerful, if squat, Canadian waterfalls flow in different directions depending on the time of day.

A more chill but no less fascinating version of the famous ancient archeological site.

A stunning mosque owes its design to an Ottoman ruler nicknamed "the Butcher."

This subterranean funicular is one of the world's smallest subways.

Iceland: home to volcanoes, waterfalls and, apparently, Santa?

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

The eccentric mansion of one the most popular horror authors of modern times.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

Iceland's "Smoky Valley" is a beautiful river that is shrouded in a constant cover of steam clouds.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

A particularly disconcerting tribute to Irish martyrs.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.