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An unusual building on a "desolate hill" features the works of an Icelandic sculptor.

The exhibition explores the Icelandic city's Viking Age history.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

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

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

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

The first woman to become a member of the parliament of Iceland.

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

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

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

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

This church also serves as a lighthouse complete with a beacon.

These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.

This ten-ton fruit sculpture celebrates the Finland homeland.

The tiny, studious rodents greet visitors to the National Archives of Finland.

This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.

Architecturally stunning library serves as the hub of Finnish scholarly life and culture.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.