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.

A popular Icelandic children's story comes to life inside this cave.

This aromatherapy shop and mini-museum cofounded by the Sigur Rós frontman documents Icelandic history through scents.

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

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

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

What was once believed to be a church floor turned out to be the artwork of geology.

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

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

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

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

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

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

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

A black sand beach where glacial fragments wash ashore and look like sparkling diamonds.

This fairytale-like structure is the last turf church ever constructed in Iceland.

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

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

A restaurant devoted to "trouser grip" wrestling, an ancient form of Viking wrestling that is Iceland's national sport.

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

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

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