Iceland is a reality check. Standing on the edge of the Burfell volcano, you realize what a fragile construct modern civilization is. We live on a thin layer of habitable land on a lump of rock ...

Iceland was one of the last places on earth to be settled by humans. And as these incredible photographs show, we haven’t done much with the place. And that can only be a good thing because Iceland is ...

The Icelandair flight from RDU to Iceland landed at the Keflavik airport early Friday morning. From there it was a full day of taking in the sights and history of Reykjavík. The first stop on the tour ...

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“IT REMINDED me of a landscape from The Lord of the Rings,” says photographer Feodor Pitcairn, who captured this image of the Laki fissure in southern Iceland. But these highlands weren’t always green ...

Whether you visit Iceland in winter to see the Northern Lights or bask in the summer’s midnight sun, you’ll also soak up the positivity of an island where locals at threat from erupting volcanoes will ...

If you’re looking for an excuse to wind down from all the holiday hustle this year, take a cue from Iceland. For decades now, this remote country has observed a tradition that’s tailor-made for ...