Places magratnj Wants to Go

One of the most remarkable caves in all of Iceland was created by a once raging river of lava.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A restaurant devoted to "trouser grip" wrestling, an ancient form of Viking wrestling that is Iceland's national sport.

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

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

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

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

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

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

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

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

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.

This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.

These concrete domes were installed on an Icelandic bluff to honor a very specific musical tradion.

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