Places soimlostagain Wants to Go

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

This natural rock formation features seemingly unnatural vertical ridges that have been blamed on elves.

Twisted girders are all that remain of an Icelandic bridge that was wiped out by a combination of volcanic heat and glacial floods.

A giant red chair bolted to a rock on a remote mossy hillside in Iceland.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

These enlarged egg sculptures represent the native birds of eastern Iceland.

A modern artist's primitive stone faces and unique rock instrument join Iceland's terrain with its history.

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

The bright red stripes streaking across the rocks are the star feature at this Icelandic waterfall.

This rusting remnant of the local herring industry is being given a second life.

Climbing Iceland's highest peak on the rim of the Oræfajökull volcano.

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

Puffin enthusiasts flock to Europe's largest seabird cliff, which over one million birds call home.

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

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

This scenic Icelandic lava flow is named for a pair of Berserkers who were murdered, according to a famous Saga.

The oldest hall in Iceland was written of in the Sagas and features a centuries-old escape tunnel.

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

Outlaws, hot springs, and tragedy have all left their mark on this ancient road in the Icelandic highlands.

An isolated, rusty phone booth commemorates Iceland's first international telegraph cable.

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

An Icelandic island full of diving birds and legend.

The Arctic Circle runs through this isolated spot north of Iceland.

These concrete domes were installed on an Icelandic bluff to honor a very specific musical tradion.