"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

This volcanic plug boasts the longest recorded history of any Scottish stronghold.

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

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

Pick up this rock and become an instant legend.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

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

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

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

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

A geothermal paradise with bubbling mud pools and bright blue hot springs.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

An unusual building on a "desolate hill" features the works of an Icelandic sculptor.

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

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

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

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

A monument dedicated to the civil uprisings that took place during the Pots and Pans Revolution.

The first woman to become a member of the parliament of Iceland.

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

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

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