Places Laura Andersen Wants to Go

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

Iceland's only steampunk shop imagines a retro-futuristic world that never was.

A vintage video game wonderland in downtown Reykjavik.

Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.

This excellent museum recreates the boom days of the herring rush in the "Atlantic Klondike."

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

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

A replica of the decorated wooden pillars Viking sailors threw overboard when finding new places to establish a settlement.

The final resting place of the controversial chess champion.

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

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

A world-class theater sits hidden in this remote town in West Iceland.

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

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.

In Northeastern Iceland lies something of an oxymoron: a steaming desert.

Iceland's first pagan temple in 1,000 years is underway in Reykjavík.

This plaque tells the story of an event that took place in an imagined parallel universe.

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

A charmingly eccentric magma chaser presents his complete history of the island's eruptions since 1947, in cinematic form, just for you.

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

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

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

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