Places icarus404 Wants to Go

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

A giant concrete orb in far north Iceland marks the ever-shifting boundary.

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

This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Feed it cash, get your very own gold bar.

One of the largest sand dunes in the world is nicknamed the "Scary Mountain" due to its steep slope and sharp incline.

This futuristic building is yet another architectural wonder in Dubai.

Over the dunes of the Empty Quarter, the mysterious music of the desert.

This enormous sports car themed amusement park is home to the world’s fastest roller coaster.

This indoor ski resort has a mountain contained inside a mall.

Planned as the world’s first zero-carbon city, it had lofty ideals—but is only 5 percent completed and aiming for 50 percent carbon-neutral.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

This artificial archipelago was supposed to resemble a map of the world.

An abandoned desert hamlet swallowed up by sand.

Billed as the "largest natural flower garden in the world" this Middle Eastern show field has little competition at 45 million flowers.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.