The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years old and harbors many surprises.

Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.

This collection honors the iconic, and proudly American lighter that just won't quit.

Fascinating museum dedicated to the under-appreciated medical history of urology features some wince-inducing devices.

This remote eatery and museum is preserved as a time capsule of a small Icelandic fishing town.

Largest private bird collection in Iceland, formed from a tragic accident.

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

A modern artist's primitive stone faces and unique rock instrument join Iceland's terrain with its history.

Puffin enthusiasts flock to Europe's largest seabird cliff, which over one million birds call home.

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

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

This collection of unique liquids allows visitors to wander the waters of Iceland's glaciers.

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

A little-visited waterfall in an otherworldly landscape.

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

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

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

The oldest church in Iceland is one of the few to feature ornate decoration.

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 natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.