For part of the year, this innovative greenhouse is painted white to keep the plants from getting scorched.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

A meandering boardwalk across the bogland leads to a "stairway to heaven" with sublime views.

A black sand beach where glacial fragments wash ashore and look like sparkling diamonds.

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

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

This aromatherapy shop and mini-museum cofounded by the Sigur Rós frontman documents Icelandic history through scents.

This remote eatery and museum is preserved as a time capsule of a small Icelandic fishing town.

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

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

Iceland's largest geothermal mud pool is a little bit haunted and a little bit dangerous.

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

Eerie ruins of an abandoned medieval fishing village crumble atop an unforgiving stretch of earth.

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

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

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

Learn about Iceland's hidden folk at this school dedicated to the study of elves.

A winding, blood-red tunnel of hardened lava navigable by foot.

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

Climb right into the heart of this colorful Iceland volcano.

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

This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.

An astounding collection of taxidermy, fossils, skeletons, and even a few strange live beasts.

A unique zoological park home to over 30 species of wild cats, both big and small.