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

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

The oldest steel ship in Iceland has been beached for years and is now a rusting ruin.

Two volcanic lakes in an enormous crater formed in a prehistoric eruption.

Three million year old fossils are exposed for all to see on this Icelandic shore.

A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.

This mountain fissure hides a secret path to a secluded mossy grotto within the rock itself.

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

This tumultuous Icelandic lava field looks so alien European researchers want to use it as a stand-in for Mars.

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

This five-foot-tall bronze bird is a memorial to a species that was hunted out of existence.

This Viking-inspired miniature golf course features a pirate ship and views of Icelandic landscapes.

A popular Icelandic children's story comes to life inside this cave.

Discover the magic in the mundane in Iceland's Museum of Everyday Life.

This aromatherapy shop and mini-museum cofounded by the Sigur Rós frontman documents Icelandic history through scents.

At this museum in Iceland, visitors can sample fermented Greenland shark.

One woman's lifelong collection is on display in this unassuming house on an Icelandic fjord.

A fantastic reconstruction of a 10th-century Viking longhouse.

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

Inside this Icelandic greenhouse, geothermal energy keeps tomatoes warm and growing.

This verdant, tree-lined Reykjavik graveyard is both enchanting and eerie.

This oceanside Reykjavik spot is speckled with recycled sculptures and large stones.

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

A "simple-hearted artist" turned an isolated Icelandic valley into his own art museum.