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

Once the site of a 12-century monastery, this tiny island is now home to only five permanent residents.

Europe’s most powerful hot spring supplies the surrounding region with hot water.

A Wes Anderson-esque lighthouse that boasts magnificent coastal views.

The oldest bookstore in Iceland.

This canyon is comprised of gorgeous waters and magnificent basalt columns.

This excellent museum recreates the boom days of the herring rush in the "Atlantic Klondike."

A popular Icelandic children's story comes to life inside this cave.

Discover the magic in the mundane in Iceland's Museum of Everyday Life.

This tiny cabin was home to one of Iceland's most famous painters and was the only land he ever owned.

At this museum in Iceland, visitors can sample fermented Greenland shark.

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

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

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.

Inside this Icelandic greenhouse, geothermal energy keeps tomatoes warm and growing.

A bit of the Berlin Wall was gifted to the Icelandic capital to commemorate the 25th anniversary of German reunification.

This verdant, tree-lined Reykjavik graveyard is both enchanting and eerie.

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

This elderly couple's hand-picked collection of rare gems is one of the finest in all of Iceland.

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

In Northeastern Iceland lies something of an oxymoron: a steaming desert.

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

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.