One of the oldest family businesses in Reykjavík serves lamb-based hot dogs.

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

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

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

This collection of unique liquids allows visitors to wander the waters of Iceland's glaciers.

A lonely beacon, precariously perched atop a remote sliver of rock.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

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.

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.

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

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

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