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This elderly couple's hand-picked collection of rare gems is one of the finest in all of Iceland.

A bit of the Berlin Wall was gifted to the Icelandic capital to commemorate the 25th anniversary of German reunification.

Akureyri is home to an oversized can of one of Iceland's favourite beers.

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

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

This secluded Iceland farm holds the collected works of one rural sculptor's creations.

Largest private bird collection in Iceland, formed from a tragic accident.

A giant red chair bolted to a rock on a remote mossy hillside in Iceland.

This remote eatery and museum is preserved as a time capsule of a small Icelandic fishing town.

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

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

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

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

This rusting remnant of the local herring industry is being given a second life.

Climbing Iceland's highest peak on the rim of the Oræfajökull volcano.

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

Puffin enthusiasts flock to Europe's largest seabird cliff, which over one million birds call home.

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

Surrounded by ash fields in Iceland, an impossibly verdant valley looks like something out of a fairytale.

This scenic Icelandic lava flow is named for a pair of Berserkers who were murdered, according to a famous Saga.

An isolated, rusty phone booth commemorates Iceland's first international telegraph cable.

Outlaws, hot springs, and tragedy have all left their mark on this ancient road in the Icelandic highlands.

A lonely beacon, precariously perched atop a remote sliver of rock.

The oldest hall in Iceland was written of in the Sagas and features a centuries-old escape tunnel.