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A fantastic reconstruction of a 10th-century Viking longhouse.

Cairns built to bring travelers good luck stretch across the land like miniature stone mountains.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

This verdant, tree-lined Reykjavik graveyard is both enchanting and eerie.

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

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

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

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

Iceland's first pagan temple in 1,000 years is underway in Reykjavík.

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

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

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

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

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

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

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

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

This hobbit-y little hot spring may be the oldest spring used by humans in all of Iceland.

A trio of hidden hot tubs takes advantage of Iceland's natural geothermal vents.

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.

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

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

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