A bit of the Berlin Wall was gifted to the Icelandic capital to commemorate the 25th anniversary of German reunification.

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

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

A giant red chair bolted to a rock on a remote mossy hillside in Iceland.

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

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

A giant concrete orb in far north Iceland marks the ever-shifting boundary.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

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

The summer tourists on these cliffs are thousands of seabirds.

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

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

A little-visited waterfall in an otherworldly landscape.

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

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

Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.

A winding, blood-red tunnel of hardened lava navigable by foot.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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