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

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

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

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.

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

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

This rusting remnant of the local herring industry is being given a second life.

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

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

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

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

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

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

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

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

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

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

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

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

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

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

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

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