This mile marker stands at the unofficial end of a highway built to defend the United States from a Japanese invasion during World War II.

What was once believed to be a church floor turned out to be the artwork of geology.

This excellent museum recreates the boom days of the herring rush in the "Atlantic Klondike."

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

The Hveragerði fissure runs through this unassuming shopping center.

Europe’s most powerful hot spring supplies the surrounding region with hot water.

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

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

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.

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

This hobbit-y little hot spring may be the oldest spring used by humans in all of Iceland.

This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.

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

The oldest church in Iceland is one of the few to feature ornate decoration.

A little-visited waterfall in an otherworldly landscape.

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

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

A winding, blood-red tunnel of hardened lava navigable by foot.

Climb right into the heart of this colorful Iceland volcano.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

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

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

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.