Pick up this rock and become an instant legend.

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

These ominous lava formations were said to be an entrance to the netherworld so of course they inspired a famous metal band.

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

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 Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.

Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

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

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

This modern monument to pagan belief looks like it was transported straight from ancient times.

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

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

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

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

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

An early life spent in this "Old Kentucky Home" inspired the writings of North Carolina's most famous novelist.

The first statue of Christ sleeping on a bench in the United States confused its affluent parish.

This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.

This former Texas landfill is flush with 300 million-year-old fossils, all fit for the taking.

A massive collection of rare and antique books in a tiny ranching community in northern Texas.

This unassuming layer of clay boasts an out-of-this-world origin story.