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

This mountain fissure hides a secret path to a secluded mossy grotto within the rock itself.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Climb right into the heart of this colorful Iceland volcano.

A winding, blood-red tunnel of hardened lava navigable by foot.

The summer tourists on these cliffs are thousands of seabirds.

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

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

Learn about Iceland's hidden folk at this school dedicated to the study of elves.

The dress young Pierce wore prior to his breeching ceremony in the early 1800s is now on display for all to see.

This modern medieval weapon of war was built to toss pumpkins.

3,200-square-foot mural inside Dartmouth Library depicts the history of America with images of human sacrifice, ancient gods, and other unspeakable terrors.

The strange, ritualistic-seeming 100+ year old basement of a New Hampshire undergrad society.