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

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

Twisted girders are all that remain of an Icelandic bridge that was wiped out by a combination of volcanic heat and glacial floods.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This tumultuous Icelandic lava field looks so alien European researchers want to use it as a stand-in for Mars.

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

A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.

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

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

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

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

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

An Icelandic island full of diving birds and legend.

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

Two volcanic lakes in an enormous crater formed in a prehistoric eruption.

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

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

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

This ultra-modern wooden boardwalk turns the ocean into a swimming pool.