A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.

This massive statue is the personification of Bavaria and the first colossal statue of the modern period composed of bronze.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

The oldest church in Iceland is one of the few to feature ornate decoration.

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

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

The oldest steel ship in Iceland has been beached for years and is now a rusting ruin.

This mountain fissure hides a secret path to a secluded mossy grotto within the rock itself.

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

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

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

This verdant, tree-lined Reykjavik graveyard is both enchanting and eerie.

Eerie ruins of an abandoned medieval fishing village crumble atop an unforgiving stretch of earth.

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

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

This five-foot-tall bronze bird is a memorial to a species that was hunted out of existence.

A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.

This canyon is comprised of gorgeous waters and magnificent basalt columns.

This replica Viking village was created for a film that was never shot and is now open to visitors.

Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.

The reconstruction of this prominent building fulfilled a long-written command.

This controversial monument was designed to lionize the Red Army, but also disheartened the Latvian people.

The widest waterfall in Europe is a natural wonder and one of the only places where fish are caught in the air.