This wild explosion of color on a disused water tower tells the whimsical tale of a curious puffin.

Iceland's "Smoky Valley" is a beautiful river that is shrouded in a constant cover of steam clouds.

Dozens of large, brightly-colored paintings adorn the walls of the "street art capital of Iceland."

This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.

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

This former farm In northern Iceland is now a museum, where visitors can tour beautifully-preserved turf houses.

This collection of several museums includes one of the oldest structures in Iceland.

This canyon is comprised of gorgeous waters and magnificent basalt columns.

These enlarged egg sculptures represent the native birds of eastern Iceland.

A Wes Anderson-esque lighthouse that boasts magnificent coastal views.

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

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

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

A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.

In Northeastern Iceland lies something of an oxymoron: a steaming desert.

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

The oldest hall in Iceland was written of in the Sagas and features a centuries-old escape tunnel.

This public art pays homage to the baseball legend and civil rights icon and his time in Montreal.

Locals believe this abandoned ruin on the outskirts of Bucharest is haunted.

A wonderful museum on the site of the historic Black Bear Mine on the back of Red Mountain.

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

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

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.