This Costa Rican chapel is the most metal church in the world, literally.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

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.

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

On an island south of Iceland, a large volcanic rock formation resembles an elephant.

This canyon is comprised of gorgeous waters and magnificent basalt columns.

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.

The bright red stripes streaking across the rocks are the star feature at this Icelandic waterfall.

A giant concrete orb in far north Iceland marks the ever-shifting boundary.

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

This mountain fissure hides a secret path to a secluded mossy grotto within the rock itself.

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

A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

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 oldest (maybe) swimming pool in Iceland is a stunning oasis built into the side of a lush hill.

This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.

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

A little-visited waterfall in an otherworldly landscape.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.