This elderly couple's hand-picked collection of rare gems is one of the finest in all of Iceland.

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

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

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

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

This scenic Icelandic lava flow is named for a pair of Berserkers who were murdered, according to a famous Saga.

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

Iceland's first pagan temple in 1,000 years is underway in Reykjavík.

Eerie ruins of an abandoned medieval fishing village crumble atop an unforgiving stretch of earth.

This museum dedicated to divination also honors a local 10th-century prophetess.

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

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

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

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.

This mountain fissure hides a secret path to a secluded mossy grotto within the rock itself.

Three million year old fossils are exposed for all to see on this Icelandic shore.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.

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

Surrounded by ash fields in Iceland, an impossibly verdant valley looks like something out of a fairytale.

These ominous lava formations were said to be an entrance to the netherworld so of course they inspired a famous metal band.

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.