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

A Wes Anderson-esque lighthouse that boasts magnificent coastal views.

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

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

At this museum in Iceland, visitors can sample fermented Greenland shark.

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

This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

This museum explores how a 1973 volcanic eruption forever changed this small Icelandic island.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

Hundreds of personalized inscribed planks make up this historic boardwalk.

This delicate museum is devoted to the art and industry that once supported Cape Cod's oldest town.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

Step back in time while shopping inside this local store.

A hidden barn-sized rendition of Grant Wood's most famous, and most parodied, painting.