Where dogs like the rare "Fire-Tailed Border Cocker" run free on the mountainside.

This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.

This neon blue river gets its color from a unique mix of bacteria and volcano minerals.

The Hveragerði fissure runs through this unassuming shopping center.

This wild explosion of color on a disused water tower tells the whimsical tale of a curious puffin.

The final resting place of the controversial chess champion.

Europe’s most powerful hot spring supplies the surrounding region with hot water.

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

This Viking-inspired miniature golf course features a pirate ship and views of Icelandic landscapes.

Discover the magic in the mundane in Iceland's Museum of Everyday Life.

A Wes Anderson-esque lighthouse that boasts magnificent coastal views.

A restaurant devoted to "trouser grip" wrestling, an ancient form of Viking wrestling that is Iceland's national sport.

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

This natural rock formation features seemingly unnatural vertical ridges that have been blamed on elves.

Akureyri is home to an oversized can of one of Iceland's favourite beers.

A fantastic reconstruction of a 10th-century Viking longhouse.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

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

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

A "simple-hearted artist" turned an isolated Icelandic valley into his own art museum.

A modern artist's primitive stone faces and unique rock instrument join Iceland's terrain with its history.

This secluded Iceland farm holds the collected works of one rural sculptor's creations.