Along this wire fence, travelers have been leaving a particular memento since 2012.

Iceland's only steampunk shop imagines a retro-futuristic world that never was.

A vintage video game wonderland in downtown Reykjavik.

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

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

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

Inside this museum, visitors venture through ghost stories entrenched in Icelandic folklore.

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

This remote eatery and museum is preserved as a time capsule of a small Icelandic fishing town.

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

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

The bright red stripes streaking across the rocks are the star feature at this Icelandic waterfall.

Eerie ruins of an abandoned medieval fishing village crumble atop an unforgiving stretch of earth.

These concrete domes were installed on an Icelandic bluff to honor a very specific musical tradion.

The summer tourists on these cliffs are thousands of seabirds.

A giant concrete orb in far north Iceland marks the ever-shifting boundary.

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

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

Surrounded by ash fields in Iceland, an impossibly verdant valley looks like something out of a fairytale.

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

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

This fairytale-like structure is the last turf church ever constructed in Iceland.

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

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