This aromatherapy shop and mini-museum cofounded by the Sigur Rós frontman documents Icelandic history through scents.

The exhibition explores the Icelandic city's Viking Age history.

Iceland's first pagan temple in 1,000 years is underway in Reykjavík.

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

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

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

A restaurant devoted to "trouser grip" wrestling, an ancient form of Viking wrestling that is Iceland's national sport.

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

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

A little-visited waterfall in an otherworldly landscape.

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

Akureyri is home to an oversized can of one of Iceland's favourite beers.

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

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

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

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

A fantastic reconstruction of a 10th-century Viking longhouse.

Europe’s most powerful hot spring supplies the surrounding region with hot water.

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

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

One of the oldest family businesses in Reykjavík serves lamb-based hot dogs.

A monument dedicated to the civil uprisings that took place during the Pots and Pans Revolution.

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

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