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Places visited in Verona, Italy

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Djúpivogur, Iceland

Rakkaberg

This natural rock formation features seemingly unnatural vertical ridges that have been blamed on elves.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

The Eggs of Merry Bay

These enlarged egg sculptures represent the native birds of eastern Iceland.

Added by brazellrobert

Thingvellir, Iceland

Þingvellir

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

Colin McDonald

Added by Colin McDonald

Svartifoss

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

Dampo

Jökulsárlón

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

Dampo

Hofskirkja

This fairytale-like structure is the last turf church ever constructed in Iceland.

Kerry Wolfe

Added by Kerry Wolfe

Skeiðará Bridge Monument

Twisted girders are all that remain of an Icelandic bridge that was wiped out by a combination of volcanic heat and glacial floods.

JTYarwood

Added by JTYarwood

Fjaðrárgljúfur

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

Added by gabebk101

Laufskálavarða

Cairns built to bring travelers good luck stretch across the land like miniature stone mountains.

Added by greghannahs

Reynisdrangar

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

Haukadalur Geothermal Field

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

Thingvellir, Iceland

Þingvellir Church

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

Luke J Spencer

Added by Luke J Spencer

Borgo Valsugana, Italy

Arte Sella

An open-air museum in a mountain valley features works designed to blend in with—and disintegrate back into—their natural surroundings.

Max Cortesi

Added by Max Cortesi

'Memoria e Luce'

A twisted steel beam from the wreckage of the World Trade Center is the centerpiece of this memorial for those who died on September 11, 2001.

Christine Williamson

Added by Christine Williamson

Bratislava, Slovakia

Bratislava Old Town Hall's Cannonball

Launched by Napoleon's soldiers more than 200 years ago, a cannonball remains embedded in the tower wall.

Added by CalWhimsey

Modena Synagogue

This beautiful 150-year-old synagogue survived Italy's fascist period and the Second World War.

BadRandall

Added by BadRandall

Modena Archivolt

One of the earliest depictions of an Arthurian scene that is shrouded in mystery.

Fred Cherrygarden

Added by Fred Cherrygarden

San Cataldo Cemetery

This ultra-modern burial building would have stacked the dead like a giant filing cabinet.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Varanasi, India

Ratneshwar Mahadev Temple

Known as the leaning temple, the sacred structure has somehow developed a severe nine-degree slant.

mariellen

Added by mariellen

Varanasi, India

Dhamek Stupa

A bulky, ancient stupa marks the site of Siddhartha Gautama's seminal Buddhist teaching.

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The Turtles of Vicenza at Parco Querini

Turtles swim in a pond surrounding a classical temple in this lush park in Vicenza.

Christine Williamson

Added by Christine Williamson

Sant'Anastasia Basilica

A gorgeous example of 13th-century Gothic architecture.

RichardXX

Added by RichardXX

Castelvecchio Museum

This medieval castle was reconstructed by Carlo Scarpa.

RichardXX

Added by RichardXX

Ötzi the Iceman

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

michelle

Added by michelle