The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.

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

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

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

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

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

This excellent museum recreates the boom days of the herring rush in the "Atlantic Klondike."

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

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

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

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

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

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

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

Akureyri is home to an oversized can of one of Iceland's favourite beers.

A replica of the decorated wooden pillars Viking sailors threw overboard when finding new places to establish a settlement.

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

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

The oldest church in Iceland is one of the few to feature ornate decoration.

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

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

This wild explosion of color on a disused water tower tells the whimsical tale of a curious puffin.