Places andburke Wants to Go

This educational and eco-friendly community is Iceland's "home of the sun."

The exhibition explores the Icelandic city's Viking Age history.

A relatively obscure antihero from the Marvel Comics universe adorns a wall inside Iceland's main airport.

Though they may seem like simple stones, these rocks represent a ghostly legend.

Pick up this rock and become an instant legend.

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

This excellent museum recreates the boom days of the herring rush in the "Atlantic Klondike."

The final resting place of the controversial chess champion.

Europe’s most powerful hot spring supplies the surrounding region with hot water.

A replica of the decorated wooden pillars Viking sailors threw overboard when finding new places to establish a settlement.

This monument to one of the largest science fiction games of all time bears the names of hundreds of thousands of players.

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

A world-class theater sits hidden in this remote town in West Iceland.

A popular Icelandic children's story comes to life inside this cave.

This plaque tells the story of an event that took place in an imagined parallel universe.

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

This natural rock formation features seemingly unnatural vertical ridges that have been blamed on elves.

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

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

Cairns built to bring travelers good luck stretch across the land like miniature stone mountains.

Inside this Icelandic greenhouse, geothermal energy keeps tomatoes warm and growing.

Inside this museum, visitors venture through ghost stories entrenched in Icelandic folklore.

This rusting remnant of the local herring industry is being given a second life.

This scenic Icelandic lava flow is named for a pair of Berserkers who were murdered, according to a famous Saga.