A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.

One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.

On an island south of Iceland, a large volcanic rock formation resembles an elephant.

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

These enlarged egg sculptures represent the native birds of eastern Iceland.

This oceanside Reykjavik spot is speckled with recycled sculptures and large stones.

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

This museum dedicated to divination also honors a local 10th-century prophetess.

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

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 natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.

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

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

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

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

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

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

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

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

A collection of noses tucked inside an art museum reveals how times have changed.

Beneath Denmark's Højbro bridge, a bronze merman and his seven sons forever mourn for the mother and wife who left them for land.