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This former farm In northern Iceland is now a museum, where visitors can tour beautifully-preserved turf houses.

Discover the magic in the mundane in Iceland's Museum of Everyday Life.

One woman's lifelong collection is on display in this unassuming house on an Icelandic fjord.

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

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

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

The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.

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

A winding, blood-red tunnel of hardened lava navigable by foot.

Climb right into the heart of this colorful Iceland volcano.

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

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

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

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

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

This Roman quarry once held secret masses and smuggler's contraband and is now home to rare species of bats.

The undercroft is a spectacular example of medieval Cistercian architecture.

Each year a new straw behemoth is born.

Once a palace for the Archbishop of York, these 15th-century ruins now serve as a haunt for history buffs.

The only place where can you share a seat with the bums of the Fab Four.

A Victorian marvel of engineering is now a 21st-century tourist attraction.

Though difficult to access, this stunning cave has a place in Scotland's poetic history.

Edinburgh’s version of the Sistine Chapel is this former church, with an interior covered in paintings done by one woman over the course of nearly a decade.