The oldest bookstore in Iceland.

At this museum in Iceland, visitors can sample fermented Greenland shark.

This plaque tells the story of an event that took place in an imagined parallel universe.

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

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

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

Akureyri is home to an oversized can of one of Iceland's favourite beers.

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

Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

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

A "simple-hearted artist" turned an isolated Icelandic valley into his own art museum.

A modern artist's primitive stone faces and unique rock instrument join Iceland's terrain with its history.

This secluded Iceland farm holds the collected works of one rural sculptor's creations.

Largest private bird collection in Iceland, formed from a tragic accident.

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

Inside this Icelandic greenhouse, geothermal energy keeps tomatoes warm and growing.

Climbing Iceland's highest peak on the rim of the Oræfajökull volcano.

In Northeastern Iceland lies something of an oxymoron: a steaming desert.

Iceland: home to volcanoes, waterfalls and, apparently, Santa?

Inside this museum, visitors venture through ghost stories entrenched in Icelandic folklore.

Icelandic folklore says this giant boulder was ripped from the mountains and placed at its current location, where it became home to elves.

An Icelandic island full of diving birds and legend.

This remote eatery and museum is preserved as a time capsule of a small Icelandic fishing town.