The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

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

This gravestone and its inscription inspired a movement that has spanned generations and saved countless lives.

Ask nicely, and stewards of a centuries-old charitable tradition will give you free bread and beer.

This stream-carved gorge has inspired poets, hidden smugglers, and trained soldiers, all without losing its beauty.

This open-air heritage museum illuminates centuries of historic English life from a West Sussex village.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

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

A popular Icelandic children's story comes to life inside this cave.

This abandoned, partly demolished building is now home to beautiful graffiti and murals.

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

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

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

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

A fantastic reconstruction of a 10th-century Viking longhouse.

The final resting place of the controversial chess champion.

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

A world-class theater sits hidden in this remote town in West Iceland.

At this museum in Iceland, visitors can sample fermented Greenland shark.

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

This verdant, tree-lined Reykjavik graveyard is both enchanting and eerie.

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

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

This plaque tells the story of an event that took place in an imagined parallel universe.