The best place to send your postcards home from Antarctica.

One of the world's southernmost bars.

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

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

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

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

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

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

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

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

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

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

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

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

This scenic Icelandic lava flow is named for a pair of Berserkers who were murdered, according to a famous Saga.

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