Is this amazing tableau depicting Gilgamesh and Enki 4,000 years old?

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

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

This unattributed sculpture in Amsterdam is hiding in plain sight.

The oldest (maybe) swimming pool in Iceland is a stunning oasis built into the side of a lush hill.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

The sea once considered an ecological wasteland is now called "crown jewel of avian biodiversity" by scientists.

At the western edge of Palm Springs, a rugged desert canyon trail leads to a waterfall at the base of the San Jacinto Mountains.

Explore the wide world of desert plants at this unique Palm Springs botanical garden.

This archaeological site boasts temple ruins that date back 5,000 years to the Dilmun culture, and may have been described in the tale of Gilgamesh's search for immortality.

Skyscraper powered by wind turbines attached between its towers.

This beautifully historic Bahrain fortress might not be the most popular attraction around, but that might make it all the better.

This centuries-old tree tells an unusual tale of vegetation and fertility in the desert.

Though they may seem like simple stones, these rocks represent a ghostly legend.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

Europe's first floating restaurant is home to a hilarious legend.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

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

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

This oceanside Reykjavik spot is speckled with recycled sculptures and large stones.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.