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

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

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

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

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

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

The oldest bookstore in Iceland.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

This five-foot-tall bronze bird is a memorial to a species that was hunted out of existence.

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

A stunning landscape of bunkers that once stored chemical weapons.

A sprawling museum located on the former site of the Orphan Girl Mine.

High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.

An apocalyptic seismic event creates a deadly chain reaction that ends with a 6-mile long lake developing within weeks.

This monument remembers the first Japanese Americans forcibly relocated during World War II.