Places Lilai Licata Wants to Go

Iceland's largest geothermal mud pool is a little bit haunted and a little bit dangerous.

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

The Arctic Circle runs through this isolated spot north of Iceland.

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

An Icelandic island full of diving birds and legend.

This fairytale-like structure is the last turf church ever constructed in Iceland.

The summer tourists on these cliffs are thousands of seabirds.

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 formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.

Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.

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

A little-visited waterfall in an otherworldly landscape.

This replica Viking village was created for a film that was never shot and is now open to visitors.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

The oldest church in Iceland is one of the few to feature ornate decoration.

This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.

This hobbit-y little hot spring may be the oldest spring used by humans in all of Iceland.

A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.

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

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

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.

This modern monument to pagan belief looks like it was transported straight from ancient times.