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

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

Eerie ruins of an abandoned medieval fishing village crumble atop an unforgiving stretch of earth.

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

An isolated, rusty phone booth commemorates Iceland's first international telegraph cable.

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

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

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

A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.

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

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

The oldest church in Iceland is one of the few to feature ornate decoration.

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

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

A little-visited waterfall in an otherworldly landscape.

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

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

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

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

Climb right into the heart of this colorful Iceland volcano.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

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

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

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