Places gwenw Wants to Go

A winding, blood-red tunnel of hardened lava navigable by foot.

Eerie ruins of an abandoned medieval fishing village crumble atop an unforgiving stretch of earth.

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

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

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

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

A charmingly eccentric magma chaser presents his complete history of the island's eruptions since 1947, in cinematic form, just for you.

The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.

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

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

Climb right into the heart of this colorful Iceland volcano.

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

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

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

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

A trio of hidden hot tubs takes advantage of Iceland's natural geothermal vents.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.