The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

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

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.

A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

A lonely beacon, precariously perched atop a remote sliver of rock.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.

A trio of hidden hot tubs takes advantage of Iceland's natural geothermal vents.

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

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

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

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

A little-visited waterfall in an otherworldly landscape.

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

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

Climb right into the heart of this colorful Iceland volcano.