This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.

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

The bright red stripes streaking across the rocks are the star feature at this Icelandic waterfall.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

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

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

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

This replica Viking village was created for a film that was never shot and is now open to visitors.

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

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

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

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

A little-visited waterfall in an otherworldly landscape.

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

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

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

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.