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

Iceland: home to volcanoes, waterfalls and, apparently, Santa?

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

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.

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

The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.

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

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

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

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

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

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

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

One of the world's southernmost bars.

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.