Taste the white whiskey that the United States' first president once distilled and enjoyed.

When Azorean green tea meets volcanic hot springs water, a luminous brew is born.

A 19th-century mansion houses the largest collection of gin in the European Union.

A black sand beach where glacial fragments wash ashore and look like sparkling diamonds.

The final resting place of the controversial chess champion.

The Hveragerði fissure runs through this unassuming shopping center.

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

At this museum in Iceland, visitors can sample fermented Greenland shark.

The oldest bookstore in Iceland.

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

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.

This aromatherapy shop and mini-museum cofounded by the Sigur Rós frontman documents Icelandic history through scents.

Inside this museum, visitors venture through ghost stories entrenched in Icelandic folklore.

This collection of unique liquids allows visitors to wander the waters of Iceland's glaciers.

This museum dedicated to divination also honors a local 10th-century prophetess.

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

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

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

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

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

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

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