The Hveragerði fissure runs through this unassuming shopping center.

This wild explosion of color on a disused water tower tells the whimsical tale of a curious puffin.

Europe’s most powerful hot spring supplies the surrounding region with hot water.

A Wes Anderson-esque lighthouse that boasts magnificent coastal views.

Twisted girders are all that remain of an Icelandic bridge that was wiped out by a combination of volcanic heat and glacial floods.

This natural rock formation features seemingly unnatural vertical ridges that have been blamed on elves.

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

Akureyri is home to an oversized can of one of Iceland's favourite beers.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.

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

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

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

Largest private bird collection in Iceland, formed from a tragic accident.

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

In Northeastern Iceland lies something of an oxymoron: a steaming desert.

Iceland: home to volcanoes, waterfalls and, apparently, Santa?

These enlarged egg sculptures represent the native birds of eastern Iceland.

This rusting remnant of the local herring industry is being given a second life.

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

Iceland's largest geothermal mud pool is a little bit haunted and a little bit dangerous.

The summer tourists on these cliffs are thousands of seabirds.

A formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.

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