Iceland
Fire, ice, and the dancing curtain of the aurora.
Iceland is geology made spectacular: a young, restless island sitting atop the Mid-Atlantic Ridge where two tectonic plates pull apart and volcanoes, geysers, and lava fields are the daily landscape. In summer, the Midnight Sun bathes fjords and waterfalls in perpetual golden light; in winter, the aurora borealis ripples in curtains of green, violet, and white over snow-covered peaks. Drive the Ring Road in a private vehicle, soak in a remote hot spring beneath the stars, or descend into a dormant magma chamber. Iceland is one of the last places on Earth where a traveller can still feel entirely alone.