Places grauls Wants to Go

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.

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

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

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

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.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

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

This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

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

Housed in an old church, this hunting museum holds a collection of mythical bird-rabbit creatures.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.

These jeweled relics have a scandalous and contested past.

This museum tells the story of lake dwellers from 4000 BC to 850 BC, replete with stilt houses and goats.

A breathtaking bridge that crosses a vast gorge over a river's torrents, and has a tale of a devil architect attached.

The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.

The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.