A state park that once served as an important river crossing, and now offers protected lands for endangered plants and animals.

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

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 Wes Anderson-esque lighthouse that boasts magnificent coastal views.

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

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

This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.

One of the oldest family businesses in Reykjavík serves lamb-based hot dogs.

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

A home that witnessed Civil War combat on the Sunken Road has the battle scars to prove it.

The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.

Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "dismalites."

This university research project is the U.S. government's weed dealer.

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

This colonial mining complex is now home to magnificent themed gardens.

One of the few surviving original NASCAR dirt-track speedways.

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

In a pedestrian tunnel on North Carolina State’s campus resides an expressive and artistic free-for-all.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

This sinkhole is disguised as a pond and named after the man who stumbled upon it.

A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.