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

A replica of the decorated wooden pillars Viking sailors threw overboard when finding new places to establish a settlement.

The final resting place of the controversial chess champion.

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

A fantastic reconstruction of a 10th-century Viking longhouse.

Once the site of a 12-century monastery, this tiny island is now home to only five permanent residents.

The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.

Discover the magic in the mundane in Iceland's Museum of Everyday Life.

A museum founded to reflect on and remember the human rights abuses under Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.

The inspiration for the Patagonia Clothing logo, Cerro Fitz Roy turns pink at sunrise.

Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The magic's in the hole!

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

This scenic waterfront swimming pool is the longest salt water pool in North America.

After spending more than a century on the ocean floor, this shipwrecked column is finally resting atop solid ground.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

An effigy of Vancouver's Gastown neighorhood's namesake.

What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

The water swaps direction twice a day, whipping into a frenzy of whirlpools and rapids.

One of the final concrete ships built before World War II is now a crumbling breakwater.

At least 14 twice-retired ships were sunk to make a lovely rusting breakwater in Comox Harbour.