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

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

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.

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

This rusting remnant of the local herring industry is being given a second life.

This scenic Icelandic lava flow is named for a pair of Berserkers who were murdered, according to a famous Saga.

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

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

This wild explosion of color on a disused water tower tells the whimsical tale of a curious puffin.

Iceland's largest geothermal mud pool is a little bit haunted and a little bit dangerous.

This five-foot-tall bronze bird is a memorial to a species that was hunted out of existence.

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

The summer tourists on these cliffs are thousands of seabirds.

A formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.

This mountain fissure hides a secret path to a secluded mossy grotto within the rock itself.

A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.

This replica Viking village was created for a film that was never shot and is now open to visitors.

A trio of hidden hot tubs takes advantage of Iceland's natural geothermal vents.

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

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.

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

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.