Places Melanicholia Wants to Go

The 16-foot sculpture of a hand looks out from his perch on top of an art gallery.

Icelandic folklore says this giant boulder was ripped from the mountains and placed at its current location, where it became home to elves.

Iceland's largest geothermal mud pool is a little bit haunted and a little bit dangerous.

This verdant, tree-lined Reykjavik graveyard is both enchanting and eerie.

A winding, blood-red tunnel of hardened lava navigable by foot.

The summer tourists on these cliffs are thousands of seabirds.

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.

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

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

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

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

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.

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

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

Sleep in a glass pod dangling off a cliff.

What was once the largest mine in North America has left behind a hollow hill filled with bright blue waters.

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.

Deep in the Negev Desert, the world's tallest solar tower looks like a sight straight out of science fiction.

The world's only above water sand volcano, believed to once be the bathtub of a priest.

Locals believe the purity of this huge, untouched Arctic lake could be the salvation of human civilization.

The remote graves mark the mysterious deaths of four 19th century explorers.