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

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

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

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

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

This monument to one of the largest science fiction games of all time bears the names of hundreds of thousands of players.

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

A monument dedicated to the civil uprisings that took place during the Pots and Pans Revolution.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

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

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

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

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

This bullring in Lima is the oldest in the Americas and the second-oldest in the world.

The elaborate crypt where Peruvian heroes of the War of the Pacific were laid to rest.

The little bear in the "funny kind of hat" has made his way from London back to Peru.

The large collection of pre-Columbian pottery might make you blush.

The mysterious "Candelabra of the Andes" could represent anything from a god's trident to a hallucinogenic plant.

Visiting dignitaries and Hollywood stars once stayed at this 1920s hotel, alongside ghosts that are said to haunt its corridors.

A pretty park of over 1,600 olive trees that grew from just three saplings brought over from Spain.

Now containing the bones of the actual conquistador, instead of someone else.

This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.