Iceland
Kerið Crater Lake
This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.
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Iceland
This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.
Hamragarðar, Iceland
This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.
Iceland
Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.
Iceland
If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.
Reykholt, Iceland
This hobbit-y little hot spring may be the oldest spring used by humans in all of Iceland.
Iceland
This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.
Höfn, Iceland
This replica Viking village was created for a film that was never shot and is now open to visitors.
Vik, Iceland
Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.
Iceland
This fairytale-like structure is the last turf church ever constructed in Iceland.
Iceland
This mountain fissure hides a secret path to a secluded mossy grotto within the rock itself.
Iceland
This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.
Thingvellir, Iceland
This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.
Captain Cook, Hawaii
These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.
Captain Cook, Hawaii
A priest with no formal artistic training used basic house paint to create gorgeous religious scenes inside this historic church.
Pepeekeo, Hawaii
These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.
Pāhoa, Hawaii
In 2018, Pohoiki Road was severed by lava flowing from the eruption of Kilauea.
Hilo, Hawaii
Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.
Nehalem, Oregon
Mountain known by the Tillamook Tribe as "the place of the supreme deity."
Tillamook, Oregon
This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.
Gold Beach, Oregon
This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.
Astoria, Oregon
A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.
Florence, Oregon
The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.
Government Camp, Oregon
Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.
Cannon Beach, Oregon
A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.