A restaurant devoted to "trouser grip" wrestling, an ancient form of Viking wrestling that is Iceland's national sport.

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

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

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

This remote eatery and museum is preserved as a time capsule of a small Icelandic fishing town.

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

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

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

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

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

This scenic Icelandic lava flow is named for a pair of Berserkers who were murdered, according to a famous Saga.

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

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

The summer tourists on these cliffs are thousands of seabirds.

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

The oldest hall in Iceland was written of in the Sagas and features a centuries-old escape tunnel.

Outlaws, hot springs, and tragedy have all left their mark on this ancient road in the Icelandic highlands.

The Arctic Circle runs through this isolated spot north of Iceland.

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

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

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

Three million year old fossils are exposed for all to see on this Icelandic shore.

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

This tumultuous Icelandic lava field looks so alien European researchers want to use it as a stand-in for Mars.