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

Once the site of a 12-century monastery, this tiny island is now home to only five permanent residents.

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

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

One of the oldest family businesses in Reykjavík serves lamb-based hot dogs.

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

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

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

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

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

A giant red chair bolted to a rock on a remote mossy hillside in Iceland.

This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.

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

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

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.

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

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

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

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

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

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