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Glaumbær Farm

Glaumbær, Iceland

Glaumbær Farm & Museum

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

Akureyri Heart-Shaped Traffic Lights

Akureyri, Iceland

Akureyri Heart-Shaped Traffic Lights

Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.

A toxic-smelling steam rises from the mud.

Iceland

Námaskarð

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

A mud pot.

Iceland

Námafjall

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

Dettifoss waterfall.

Iceland

Dettifoss

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

Stuðlagil Canyon

Eiriksstadhir, Iceland

Stuðlagil Canyon

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

Homes inside the Viking village set.

Höfn, Iceland

Viking Village Film Set

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

Eidur Flugvirkjans

Kalfafellsstadur, Iceland

Aircraft Mechanics Creed Monument

An airplane wing is a roadside art installation and monument on a remote stretch of highway.

US Navy DC-3 Wreckage

Iceland

U.S. Navy DC-3 Wreckage

This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.

The Reynisdrangar from the cliffs above.

Vik, Iceland

Reynisdrangar

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

Vík í Myrdal Church

Vik, Iceland

Vík í Myrdal Church

A tiny village church in dramatic surroundings.

The canyon, in all its striking beauty.

Iceland

Fjaðrárgljúfur

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

All that remains of the bridge is two girders entangled on the edge of the sandur plain.

Iceland

Skeiðará Bridge Monument

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

Svartifoss

Iceland

Svartifoss

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

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