Places Cattheripper Wants to Go

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

This mountain fissure hides a secret path to a secluded mossy grotto within the rock itself.

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

A lonely beacon, precariously perched atop a remote sliver of rock.

Surrounded by ash fields in Iceland, an impossibly verdant valley looks like something out of a fairytale.

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

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

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

This replica Viking village was created for a film that was never shot and is now open to visitors.

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

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

The oldest (maybe) swimming pool in Iceland is a stunning oasis built into the side of a lush hill.

A little-visited waterfall in an otherworldly landscape.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Climb right into the heart of this colorful Iceland volcano.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

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

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