Twisted girders are all that remain of an Icelandic bridge that was wiped out by a combination of volcanic heat and glacial floods.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Eerie ruins of an abandoned medieval fishing village crumble atop an unforgiving stretch of earth.

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

An Icelandic island full of diving birds and legend.

Travel deep inside of Europe's second largest glacier in the world's largest man-made ice cave.

The summer tourists on these cliffs are thousands of seabirds.

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

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

A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

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

A little-visited waterfall in an otherworldly landscape.

These ominous lava formations were said to be an entrance to the netherworld so of course they inspired a famous metal band.

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

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

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

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