Places eharjes Wants to Go

Once the site of a 12-century monastery, this tiny island is now home to only five permanent residents.

This former farm In northern Iceland is now a museum, where visitors can tour beautifully-preserved turf houses.

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

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

This aromatherapy shop and mini-museum cofounded by the Sigur Rós frontman documents Icelandic history through scents.

Inside this Icelandic greenhouse, geothermal energy keeps tomatoes warm and growing.

An Icelandic island full of diving birds and legend.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

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

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

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

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.

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.

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

This tiny tropical village was sick of anonymity so the locals made this sign, which actually changed the name of the town.

This living labyrinth made entirely of thorns is filled with art.

The floor of the oldest surviving synagogue in the Americas is entirely covered in sand.

One man has spent decades faithfully constructing this unique brick and cinderblock castle.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

This museum dedicated to an oft-overlooked support industry features a surprisingly moving brass diorama of a man being saved from a sinking car.