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Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

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

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

Pick up this rock and become an instant legend.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What was once believed to be a church floor turned out to be the artwork of geology.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

Opulence and fantasy collide in this royal chair which is supposedly made with unicorn horns.

Once a meeting point for great thinkers, and the midpoint of the country.

Denmark’s oldest bakery is home to the 'Wednesday Snail,' one of the best cinnamon rolls on the planet.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

Discovered in a peat bog, these horned helms come from a thousand years before the Viking Age.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

An unconventional and naturalistic sculpture depicting the artist marking his territory on an exterior faculty wall.

This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.

This 17th-century "unicorn" was cobbled together from the skull of a rhinoceros, the legs of a mammoth, and the horn of a narwhal.

A six-story, asymmetrical tower filled to the brim with scientific experiments.

Cathedral-like Victorian vaults are hidden within this iconic bridge.