A diverse, expansive nature preserve in northeastern Kansas.

In rural Iowa, an imported 19th-century windmill overlooks an unlikely enclave of Danish culture.

Once a slice of Cold War-era military history, this museum is finding its future in the star.

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

A plaque on the base of this statue holds a bewitching design.

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

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

A black sand beach where glacial fragments wash ashore and look like sparkling diamonds.

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

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

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

This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

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

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

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

Two volcanic lakes in an enormous crater formed in a prehistoric eruption.

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

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

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