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One of the oldest family businesses in Reykjavík serves lamb-based hot dogs.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

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

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

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.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

A trio of hidden hot tubs takes advantage of Iceland's natural geothermal vents.

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

These ominous lava formations were said to be an entrance to the netherworld so of course they inspired a famous metal band.

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

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

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

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

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

Pick up this rock and become an instant legend.

Though they may seem like simple stones, these rocks represent a ghostly legend.

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

A little-visited waterfall in an otherworldly landscape.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

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

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