A replica of the decorated wooden pillars Viking sailors threw overboard when finding new places to establish a settlement.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

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

A giant red chair bolted to a rock on a remote mossy hillside in Iceland.

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

This oceanside Reykjavik spot is speckled with recycled sculptures and large stones.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

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 final resting place of the controversial chess champion.

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

The only structure in a remote mountain pass, these colorful cubes are visible from miles away.

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

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

These concrete domes were installed on an Icelandic bluff to honor a very specific musical tradion.

Cairns built to bring travelers good luck stretch across the land like miniature stone mountains.