This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

One of the most remarkable caves in all of Iceland was created by a once raging river of lava.

This tiny cabin was home to one of Iceland's most famous painters and was the only land he ever owned.

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.

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

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

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

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

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

Iceland's largest geothermal mud pool is a little bit haunted and a little bit dangerous.

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

The summer tourists on these cliffs are thousands of seabirds.

A formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.

This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.

This mountain fissure hides a secret path to a secluded mossy grotto within the rock itself.

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

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

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

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

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

This fairytale-like structure is the last turf church ever constructed in Iceland.

This hobbit-y little hot spring may be the oldest spring used by humans in all of Iceland.

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