Places We All Pod Down Here Wants to Go

The summer tourists on these cliffs are thousands of seabirds.

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

Cairns built to bring travelers good luck stretch across the land like miniature stone mountains.

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

This canyon is comprised of gorgeous waters and magnificent basalt columns.

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

An Icelandic island full of diving birds and legend.

Iceland: home to volcanoes, waterfalls and, apparently, Santa?

In Northeastern Iceland lies something of an oxymoron: a steaming desert.

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

This remote eatery and museum is preserved as a time capsule of a small Icelandic fishing town.

The oldest bookstore in Iceland.

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

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

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

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

A fantastic reconstruction of a 10th-century Viking longhouse.

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

Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.

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

This Viking-inspired miniature golf course features a pirate ship and views of Icelandic landscapes.

A replica of the decorated wooden pillars Viking sailors threw overboard when finding new places to establish a settlement.

The Hveragerði fissure runs through this unassuming shopping center.