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

The southernmost postal office in South America.

This plaza at the end of the world teems with monumental tributes to a problematic history, and laser discs.

The most southern point you can drive to in the Western Hemisphere.

The Estatua de la Libertad stands discretely on an obscure tangent path in Barrancas de Belgrano.

From a 1930s bathing beach to a 1970s dumping ground, this stretch of Buenos Aires is now its largest and wildest reserve.

A relatively obscure antihero from the Marvel Comics universe adorns a wall inside Iceland's main airport.

This earthwork installation sits on a grassy hill, celebrating Iceland's past and present.

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

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.

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

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

Inside this Icelandic greenhouse, geothermal energy keeps tomatoes warm and growing.

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

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

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

The final resting place of the controversial chess champion.

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

On an island south of Iceland, a large volcanic rock formation resembles an elephant.

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

A tiny village church in dramatic surroundings.

Along this wire fence, travelers have been leaving a particular memento since 2012.