A black sand beach where glacial fragments wash ashore and look like sparkling diamonds.

Pick up this rock and become an instant legend.

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

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

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

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

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

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

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

The summer tourists on these cliffs are thousands of seabirds.

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

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

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

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

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

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

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

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

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

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