A black sand beach where glacial fragments wash ashore and look like sparkling diamonds.

A relatively obscure antihero from the Marvel Comics universe adorns a wall inside Iceland's main airport.

One of the oldest family businesses in Reykjavík serves lamb-based hot dogs.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

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

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

The sacristy of this church contains remains and relics of members of the Aragonese royal family.

San Gennaro, the patron saint of Naples, greets pedestrians between these narrow city streets.

This monumental fountain has moved around the city multiple times.

This medieval city gate is now a blend of the past and the modern world.

The remains of the left arm of the levitating philosopher-saint are kept in a 13th-century Neapolitan basilica.

A popular legend claims that the famous pizza was invented at a restaurant in this alley.

An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.