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

This collection of unique liquids allows visitors to wander the waters of Iceland's glaciers.

Iceland's first pagan temple in 1,000 years is underway in Reykjavík.

This oceanside Reykjavik spot is speckled with recycled sculptures and large stones.

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

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

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

Two volcanic lakes in an enormous crater formed in a prehistoric eruption.

The summer tourists on these cliffs are thousands of seabirds.

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

The oldest steel ship in Iceland has been beached for years and is now a rusting ruin.

A formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.

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

A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.

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

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

This mountain fissure hides a secret path to a secluded mossy grotto within the rock itself.

Three million year old fossils are exposed for all to see on this Icelandic shore.

This tumultuous Icelandic lava field looks so alien European researchers want to use it as a stand-in for Mars.

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

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

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

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

This hobbit-y little hot spring may be the oldest spring used by humans in all of Iceland.