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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This modern monument to pagan belief looks like it was transported straight from ancient times.

Climb right into the heart of this colorful Iceland volcano.

Iceland's "Smoky Valley" is a beautiful river that is shrouded in a constant cover of steam clouds.

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

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

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

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

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

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.