A few craftsman in Iceland still practice the technique of building with turf, a tradition believed to date to the ninth century settlement of Europe's most sparsely-populated country. With walls and ...

Known as "torfbæir", these ingeniously designed homes helped settle one of Europe's least-hospitable environments. With its lonely lava fields, sheer bluffs and stark boulder-strewn plains, Iceland is ...

A land of vast open spaces, steaming blue lagoons, geysers, and powerful volcanoes, Iceland is beautifully raw and remote, but not exactly hospitable to humans. When the Norse and British settlers ...

Iceland beckons travelers with its unique landscapes and Viking heritage. Here, ancient sheepdogs roam, and bread is baked by geothermal heat. Explore turf houses reminiscent of medieval times, ...

An old turf house is shown in 2014 in Skalholt, Iceland, where coastal erosion poses such a threat to Viking-era historic artifacts that a member of the country's parliament warns of a "cultural ...

It’s called “aspirational travel,” and to be honest: I’ve been avoiding it for a while. What good is dreaming of adventure when it just feels so impossible? But I’ve evolved. Lately, I’m willing to ...