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

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

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

One of the most remarkable caves in all of Iceland was created by a once raging river of lava.

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

This wild explosion of color on a disused water tower tells the whimsical tale of a curious puffin.

A world-class theater sits hidden in this remote town in West Iceland.

Discover the magic in the mundane in Iceland's Museum of Everyday Life.

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

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 tiny cabin was home to one of Iceland's most famous painters and was the only land he ever owned.

In Northeastern Iceland lies something of an oxymoron: a steaming desert.

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

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

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

One woman's lifelong collection is on display in this unassuming house on an Icelandic fjord.

Inside this Icelandic greenhouse, geothermal energy keeps tomatoes warm and growing.

This plaque tells the story of an event that took place in an imagined parallel universe.

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

Amidst towering office buildings, a local pub lives inside Sheffield’s oldest surviving domestic building.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

A palatial former bank building now houses what may be the poshest art venue (and former Tesco) in Belfast.

Every year locals give the bear a fresh coat of paint to preserve its signature goofy grin.