The animals wander freely amid this gorgeous stretch of nature.

The site of a prison camp where Cypriot resistance fighters were held in the 1950s.

Once part of an ancient international harbor, it's now an all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet for flamingos and other water birds.

The water here is so clear you can see the mysteriously sunken ship from the surface.

The ruins of a fairytale castle with a tumultuous history stand high atop the mountains.

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

A geothermal paradise with bubbling mud pools and bright blue hot springs.

Internet rumors, often involving Icelandic singer Bjork, have abounded regarding this isolated outcrop of rock.

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

In Northeastern Iceland lies something of an oxymoron: a steaming desert.

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

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

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

Two volcanic lakes in an enormous crater formed in a prehistoric eruption.

The oldest steel ship in Iceland has been beached for years and is now a rusting ruin.

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

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

This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.

This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.

Surrounded by ash fields in Iceland, an impossibly verdant valley looks like something out of a fairytale.

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.

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