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

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

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

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

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

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

Iceland's first pagan temple in 1,000 years is underway in Reykjavík.

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

This museum dedicated to divination also honors a local 10th-century prophetess.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

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

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.

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

A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.

Three million year old fossils are exposed for all to see on this Icelandic shore.

An isolated, rusty phone booth commemorates Iceland's first international telegraph cable.

This tumultuous Icelandic lava field looks so alien European researchers want to use it as a stand-in for Mars.

Travel deep inside of Europe's second largest glacier in the world's largest man-made ice cave.

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

This fairytale-like structure is the last turf church ever constructed in Iceland.

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

This replica Viking village was created for a film that was never shot and is now open to visitors.

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