This Norwegian satellite station provides ground services to more satellites than any other facility in the world.

This Arctic storage facility is a secure backup for agricultural biodiversity.

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

This boat represents the promise of undiscovered territory, a dream of hope, and progress and freedom for Iceland.

These unique and ever-changing caves are a wonder of Iceland.

A tiny village church in dramatic surroundings.

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

This museum explores how a 1973 volcanic eruption forever changed this small Icelandic island.

Though they may seem like simple stones, these rocks represent a ghostly legend.

A geothermal pool in North Iceland that is said to be the bathing spot of the legendary Grettir the Strong.

What was once believed to be a church floor turned out to be the artwork of geology.

A geothermal paradise with bubbling mud pools and bright blue hot springs.

This wild explosion of color on a disused water tower tells the whimsical tale of a curious puffin.

Europe’s most powerful hot spring supplies the surrounding region with hot water.

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

A black sand beach where glacial fragments wash ashore and look like sparkling diamonds.

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

A modern artist's primitive stone faces and unique rock instrument join Iceland's terrain with its history.

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

A Wes Anderson-esque lighthouse that boasts magnificent coastal views.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

On an island south of Iceland, a large volcanic rock formation resembles an elephant.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.