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A black sand beach where glacial fragments wash ashore and look like sparkling diamonds.

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

This verdant, tree-lined Reykjavik graveyard is both enchanting and eerie.

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

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

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

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

This hobbit-y little hot spring may be the oldest spring used by humans in all of Iceland.

The oldest church in Iceland is one of the few to feature ornate decoration.

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

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

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

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

A little-visited waterfall in an otherworldly landscape.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.

Learn about Iceland's hidden folk at this school dedicated to the study of elves.

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

A journey through every aspect of the human body.

A treasure trove of scientific instruments from the 17th and 18th centuries.

Middle-earth in the middle of Switzerland.

Hidden in the garden of physicist Erwin Schrödinger's house is a life-size figure of a cat from his famous thought experiment.

This statue pays tribute to the iconic musician in the place where he recorded his final studio album.