An islet filled with wooden houses where the open sea meets a lagoon.

A seaside castle complex that stood through centuries of conquests.

One of the largest single-span stone-arch bridges in the Balkans looks like something straight out of a fairytale.

A crumbling bakery where forced laborers from the nearby concentration camp toiled to feed their fellow prisoners and Nazi soldiers.

This abandoned hospital has a long history, having housed both German and Soviet soldiers in the course of its life.

The world's most delightful not-NOT-religion welcomes visitors to the town of Templin, just like its more stoic peers.

In the Hugging Tree Forest, lingonberry marshmallows, hot chocolates, and the best campfire lattes north of the Arctic Circle come to you.

Climbing Iceland's highest peak on the rim of the Oræfajökull volcano.

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

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

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

On an island south of Iceland, a large volcanic rock formation resembles an elephant.

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

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

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

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

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

Inside this museum, visitors venture through ghost stories entrenched in Icelandic folklore.

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 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.

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