A 1975 bylaw prohibits the construction of any building that would block the view of this Gothic Revival church.

Known as the "Kissing Bridge" for its privacy, it also happens to be the last covered bridge in Ontario.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

A monument to the thousands of Canadian soldiers who died capturing the French ridge during World War I.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

The exhibition explores the Icelandic city's Viking Age history.

This mid-19th century chapel is a tiny treasure for weary travelers.

An 18.9-meter tower that pays tribute to the Pennsylvania-German pioneers who settled the Waterloo Region between 1800 and 1803.

A World War II gun battery sits at the easternmost point of North America.

Where a young athlete began his run across Canada after losing his right leg to cancer.

The first transatlantic wireless signal was received at this 17th-century fort.

A relatively obscure antihero from the Marvel Comics universe adorns a wall inside Iceland's main airport.

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

Icelandic folklore says this giant boulder was ripped from the mountains and placed at its current location, where it became home to elves.

A formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

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