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Once on display alongside a giant Gumby, it’s as tall as a nine-story building when fully extended.

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

Learn about Iceland's hidden folk at this school dedicated to the study of elves.

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

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

This verdant, tree-lined Reykjavik graveyard is both enchanting and eerie.

A charmingly eccentric magma chaser presents his complete history of the island's eruptions since 1947, in cinematic form, just for you.

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.

The final resting place of the controversial chess champion.

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

Inside this museum, visitors venture through ghost stories entrenched in Icelandic folklore.

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

The oldest (maybe) swimming pool in Iceland is a stunning oasis built into the side of a lush hill.

This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.

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 replica Viking village was created for a film that was never shot and is now open to visitors.

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

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

This tiny cabin was home to one of Iceland's most famous painters and was the only land he ever owned.

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

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