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

Internet rumors, often involving Icelandic singer Bjork, have abounded regarding this isolated outcrop of rock.

This museum explores how a 1973 volcanic eruption forever changed this small Icelandic island.

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

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

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

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

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

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

Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.

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

At this museum in Iceland, visitors can sample fermented Greenland shark.

This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.

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

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

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

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

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

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.