Places Cattheripper Wants to Go

Largest private bird collection in Iceland, formed from a tragic accident.

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

Climbing Iceland's highest peak on the rim of the Oræfajökull volcano.

Iceland: home to volcanoes, waterfalls and, apparently, Santa?

Icelandic folklore says this giant boulder was ripped from the mountains and placed at its current location, where it became home to elves.

This remote eatery and museum is preserved as a time capsule of a small Icelandic fishing town.

An Icelandic island full of diving birds and legend.

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

These enlarged egg sculptures represent the native birds of eastern Iceland.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

This collection of unique liquids allows visitors to wander the waters of Iceland's glaciers.

The bright red stripes streaking across the rocks are the star feature at this Icelandic waterfall.

Two volcanic lakes in an enormous crater formed in a prehistoric eruption.

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

This tumultuous Icelandic lava field looks so alien European researchers want to use it as a stand-in for Mars.

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

Iceland's "Smoky Valley" is a beautiful river that is shrouded in a constant cover of steam clouds.

The oldest hall in Iceland was written of in the Sagas and features a centuries-old escape tunnel.

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

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

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

Puffin enthusiasts flock to Europe's largest seabird cliff, which over one million birds call home.

These concrete domes were installed on an Icelandic bluff to honor a very specific musical tradion.

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