Places Laura Andersen Wants to Go

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

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

The bright red stripes streaking across the rocks are the star feature at this Icelandic waterfall.

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

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

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

A modern artist's primitive stone faces and unique rock instrument join Iceland's terrain with its history.

These enlarged egg sculptures represent the native birds of eastern Iceland.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

A giant concrete orb in far north Iceland marks the ever-shifting boundary.

This collection of unique liquids allows visitors to wander the waters of Iceland's glaciers.

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

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

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.

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

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

Learn about Iceland's hidden folk at this school dedicated to the study of elves.