Places luketheauthor Wants to Go

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

This combination shop and museum is filled with curious items and artifacts.

Iceland's "Smoky Valley" is a beautiful river that is shrouded in a constant cover of steam clouds.

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

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

Dozens of large, brightly-colored paintings adorn the walls of the "street art capital of Iceland."

The oldest bookstore in Iceland.

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

Inside this museum, visitors venture through ghost stories entrenched in Icelandic folklore.

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

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

This museum dedicated to divination also honors a local 10th-century prophetess.

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

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

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

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

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

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

An artist's vision for connectivity spans seven continents and 16 countries.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.