The unexpected discovery of Greenland rocks in Iceland hints that a centuries-long cold snap may have helped finish off the Western Roman Empire.

Diamond Beach is a strip of jet-black sand covered in sparkling chunks of ice. The beach is a stone's throw away from Iceland's Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon, a clear lake that ferries giant ...

Iceland is one of the warmest cold countries ... Highway 1), 830 miles of majesty that encircles the country and skirts black-sand beaches, volcanoes, imposing fjords, crater lakes, thermal ...

Like another Icelandic black sand beach, Reynisfjara ... And if that's too much ice for you, you can visit the geothermal hot tubs in Hoffel, about 15 to 20 minutes away from town.

Iceland is a country that was shaped by volcanoes and ice, and where the scars of both are still vivid. Drive out of Reykjavik, and the landscape around you is often a patchwork of volcanic rocks ...

But nature's clock is ticking, and the constant volcanic threat eventually boils over with one of Iceland's biggest eruptions in more than 200 years. This land of ice and fire will not be tamed.

Along with four waterfalls, and the famous black sand beach at Reynisfjara ... it's the only tour operator in Iceland that offers ice cave tours in three different locations: Falljökull ...