Finland's northernmost zoo is home to the country's only polar bears.

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.

If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.

A tiny village church in dramatic surroundings.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

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

Along this wire fence, travelers have been leaving a particular memento since 2012.

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

This museum explores how a 1973 volcanic eruption forever changed this small Icelandic island.

Internet rumors, often involving Icelandic singer Björk, have abounded regarding this isolated outcrop of rock.

On an island south of Iceland, a large volcanic rock formation resembles an elephant.

The Hveragerði fissure runs through this unassuming shopping center.

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

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

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

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

A restaurant devoted to "trouser grip" wrestling, an ancient form of Viking wrestling that is Iceland's national sport.

This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

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

An unusual building on a "desolate hill" features the works of an Icelandic sculptor.

This boat represents the promise of undiscovered territory, a dream of hope, and progress and freedom for Iceland.