Deep underground, the rusting remains of a German water pumping station from World War II.

A public work of art that also provides some relief from the summer heat.

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.

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

Dozens of large, brightly-colored paintings adorn the walls of the "street art capital of Iceland."

This natural rock formation features seemingly unnatural vertical ridges that have been blamed on elves.

Twisted girders are all that remain of an Icelandic bridge that was wiped out by a combination of volcanic heat and glacial floods.

Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

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

This oceanside Reykjavik spot is speckled with recycled sculptures and large stones.

These enlarged egg sculptures represent the native birds of eastern Iceland.

A giant red chair bolted to a rock on a remote mossy hillside in Iceland.

The summer tourists on these cliffs are thousands of seabirds.

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

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

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

This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.

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

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

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

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.

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