Folky pharmaceuticals abound in this medicinal reliquary.

A tiny traditional village keeps an ancient method of beekeeping alive.

What almost started out as a spite house became an eccentric's found object masterpiece.

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

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

A charmingly eccentric magma chaser presents his complete history of the island's eruptions since 1947, in cinematic form, just for you.

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

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

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.

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

This natural rock formation features seemingly unnatural vertical ridges that have been blamed on elves.

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

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

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

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

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

The oldest steel ship in Iceland has been beached for years and is now a rusting ruin.

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

The summer tourists on these cliffs are thousands of seabirds.

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

Outlaws, hot springs, and tragedy have all left their mark on this ancient road in the Icelandic highlands.

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

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