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

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

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

Twisted girders are all that remain of an Icelandic bridge that was wiped out by a combination of volcanic heat and glacial floods.

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

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

The summer tourists on these cliffs are thousands of seabirds.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This giant statue is the product of a mixture of corruption, Stalinist architecture, and North Korean manpower.

Despite a fraught and controversial history this African island holds a powerful monument to the tragedy of the slave trade.

This deceptively salty lake looks like blushing pink lemonade.

Lonely minaret stump of a destroyed city.

Nicknamed Kazakhstan's Grand Canyon, this natural wonder lies east of Almaty near the Chinese border.

This Soviet-era athletic and recreation facility is the highest ice skating rink in the world.

The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.

This "tower of death" has acted as an observatory, a religious hub, and an executioner's lair.

Where Stoddart and Connolly suffered in the infamous Bug Pit.

Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.