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

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

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

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

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

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

This collection of several museums includes one of the oldest structures in Iceland.

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

A geothermal paradise with bubbling mud pools and bright blue hot springs.

A black sand beach where glacial fragments wash ashore and look like sparkling diamonds.

The history of Reykjavik told through a historical village and live actors.

When beetles destroyed these trees, they found new life as fantasy sculptures.

On the shores of Lake Superior, a small group of monks makes sacred sweets.

Inside the Wayne County airport is an amazing collection of lights and sounds.

For books about travel, whether factual or fictional, the perfect antiquarian does exist.

See prehistoric footprints, plus two complete mastodon skeletons.

Trade in that pesky human soul for cold-hard circuits.

These gardens recreate unique and endangered Michigan habitats.

An ever-evolving wall of graffiti art off East Liberty Street.

Hamissi Mamba and Nadia Nijimbere opened this community-minded restaurant serving dishes from their native Burundi.

A group of artists transformed this desolate city alleyway into an outdoor gallery of street art.

A Milwaukee museum provides an unsparing and ultimately empowering look at the Black American experience.

The last original miniature duckpin bowling lanes in America, located in a Milwaukee dive bar.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.