Europe's highest peak is a key pillar of the Seven Summits mountaineering challenge.

The second-deepest known cave on Earth, hidden in an extremely remote mountain region.

This picturesque archeological site looks like it was pulled straight from a fantasy novel.

During this Shetland Islands celebration, hundreds of torch-carrying "guizers" lead a procession to burn a viking longboat.

This isolated structure beckons adventurers with sublime views of the Faroe Islands.

This remote island village was in danger of depopulating completely until a tunnel was built to connect it to the rest of the world .

A vintage video game wonderland in downtown Reykjavik.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

A trio of hidden hot tubs takes advantage of Iceland's natural geothermal vents.

A little-visited waterfall in an otherworldly landscape.

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

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

These enlarged egg sculptures represent the native birds of eastern Iceland.

Climbing Iceland's highest peak on the rim of the Oræfajökull volcano.

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.