Europe’s most powerful hot spring supplies the surrounding region with hot water.

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

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

Two whaling vessels that were sunk by an anti-whaling organization in 1986 now sit on the shore of this beautiful fjord.

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

Though they may seem like simple stones, these rocks represent a ghostly legend.

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

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

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

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

Iceland's "Smoky Valley" is a beautiful river that is shrouded in a constant cover of steam clouds.

The Hveragerði fissure runs through this unassuming shopping center.

This abandoned, partly demolished building is now home to beautiful graffiti and murals.

This collection of several museums includes one of the oldest structures in Iceland.

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

The final resting place of the controversial chess champion.

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

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.

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

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

This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.

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

Along this wire fence, travelers have been leaving a particular memento since 2012.