Reykjanes, Iceland
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Iceland's largest geothermal mud pool is a little bit haunted and a little bit dangerous.
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Reykjanes, Iceland
Iceland's largest geothermal mud pool is a little bit haunted and a little bit dangerous.
Grindavík, Iceland
Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant
Iceland
Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.
Keflavík, Iceland
A relatively obscure antihero from the Marvel Comics universe adorns a wall inside Iceland's main airport.
Thingvellir, Iceland
The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.
Thingvellir, Iceland
This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.
Thingvellir, Iceland
This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.
Iceland
A restaurant devoted to "trouser grip" wrestling, an ancient form of Viking wrestling that is Iceland's national sport.
Iceland
If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.
Akranes, Iceland
Iceland's only steampunk shop imagines a retro-futuristic world that never was.
Húsafell, Iceland
Travel deep inside of Europe's second largest glacier in the world's largest man-made ice cave.
Reykholt, Iceland
This hobbit-y little hot spring may be the oldest spring used by humans in all of Iceland.
Deildartunguhver, Iceland
Europe’s most powerful hot spring supplies the surrounding region with hot water.
Iceland
This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.
Iceland
A Wes Anderson-esque lighthouse that boasts magnificent coastal views.
Iceland
A formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.
Iceland
Puffin enthusiasts flock to Europe's largest seabird cliff, which over one million birds call home.
Iceland
The oldest steel ship in Iceland has been beached for years and is now a rusting ruin.
Iceland
This secluded Iceland farm holds the collected works of one rural sculptor's creations.
Iceland
A "simple-hearted artist" turned an isolated Icelandic valley into his own art museum.
Bíldudalur, Iceland
The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.
Flateyri, Iceland
The oldest bookstore in Iceland.
Iceland
This rusting remnant of the local herring industry is being given a second life.
Hólmavík, Iceland
Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.