A little-visited waterfall in an otherworldly landscape.

Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.

These ominous lava formations were said to be an entrance to the netherworld so of course they inspired a famous metal band.

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

A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.

A giant concrete orb in far north Iceland marks the ever-shifting boundary.

An isolated, rusty phone booth commemorates Iceland's first international telegraph cable.

Three million year old fossils are exposed for all to see on this Icelandic shore.

Travel deep inside of Europe's second largest glacier in the world's largest man-made ice cave.

This tumultuous Icelandic lava field looks so alien European researchers want to use it as a stand-in for Mars.

A lonely beacon, precariously perched atop a remote sliver of rock.

Surrounded by ash fields in Iceland, an impossibly verdant valley looks like something out of a fairytale.

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

This collection of unique liquids allows visitors to wander the waters of Iceland's glaciers.

The oldest hall in Iceland was written of in the Sagas and features a centuries-old escape tunnel.

The Arctic Circle runs through this isolated spot north of Iceland.

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

The bright red stripes streaking across the rocks are the star feature at this Icelandic waterfall.

Puffin enthusiasts flock to Europe's largest seabird cliff, which over one million birds call home.

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

These concrete domes were installed on an Icelandic bluff to honor a very specific musical tradion.

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

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

This elderly couple's hand-picked collection of rare gems is one of the finest in all of Iceland.