Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

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

This monument to one of the largest science fiction games of all time bears the names of hundreds of thousands of players.

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

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

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

A bit of the Berlin Wall was gifted to the Icelandic capital to commemorate the 25th anniversary of German reunification.

A relatively obscure antihero from the Marvel Comics universe adorns a wall inside Iceland's main airport.

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

This five-foot-tall bronze bird is a memorial to a species that was hunted out of existence.

The summer tourists on these cliffs are thousands of seabirds.

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

Climb right into the heart of this colorful Iceland volcano.

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

Europe’s most powerful hot spring supplies the surrounding region with hot water.

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

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

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

This plaque tells the story of an event that took place in an imagined parallel universe.

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

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

Dozens of large, brightly-colored paintings adorn the walls of the "street art capital of Iceland."

Once the site of a 12-century monastery, this tiny island is now home to only five permanent residents.

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