Places bdl Wants to Go

Pick up this rock and become an instant legend.

The oldest bookstore in Iceland.

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

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

The oldest steel ship in Iceland has been beached for years and is now a rusting ruin.

A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.

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

Travel deep inside of Europe's second largest glacier in the world's largest man-made ice cave.

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

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

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

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

A winding, blood-red tunnel of hardened lava navigable by foot.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

Climb right into the heart of this colorful Iceland volcano.

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

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

This modern monument to pagan belief looks like it was transported straight from ancient times.

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

This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

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

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.