This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

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.

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

This mountain fissure hides a secret path to a secluded mossy grotto within the rock itself.

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

At this museum in Iceland, visitors can sample fermented Greenland shark.

The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.

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

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

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

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

A fantastic reconstruction of a 10th-century Viking longhouse.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

This museum dedicated to divination also honors a local 10th-century prophetess.

Iceland: home to volcanoes, waterfalls and, apparently, Santa?

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

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

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

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

A little-visited waterfall in an otherworldly landscape.

Three million year old fossils are exposed for all to see on this Icelandic shore.

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

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