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

This monument to one of the largest science fiction games of all time bears the names of hundreds of thousands of players.

The first woman to become a member of the parliament of Iceland.

A monument dedicated to the civil uprisings that took place during the Pots and Pans Revolution.

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

This earthwork installation sits on a grassy hill, celebrating Iceland's past and present.

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

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

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

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

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

What was once believed to be a church floor turned out to be the artwork of geology.