The oldest bookstore in Iceland.

A replica of the decorated wooden pillars Viking sailors threw overboard when finding new places to establish a settlement.

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

A world-class theater sits hidden in this remote town in West Iceland.

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

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

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

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

This plaque tells the story of an event that took place in an imagined parallel universe.

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

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

Cairns built to bring travelers good luck stretch across the land like miniature stone mountains.

A "simple-hearted artist" turned an isolated Icelandic valley into his own art museum.

This secluded Iceland farm holds the collected works of one rural sculptor's creations.

A modern artist's primitive stone faces and unique rock instrument join Iceland's terrain with its history.

Icelandic folklore says this giant boulder was ripped from the mountains and placed at its current location, where it became home to elves.

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

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

A giant red chair bolted to a rock on a remote mossy hillside in Iceland.

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

This rusting remnant of the local herring industry is being given a second life.

This scenic Icelandic lava flow is named for a pair of Berserkers who were murdered, according to a famous Saga.

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.