Skálholt Historical site of episcopal see for Iceland. Present cathedral built in the 1950s. The Skálholt map of 1570, from medieval documents, helped convince scholars that the vikings had found North America.

Þingvellavatn Þingvellavatn

Cairns and Rainbow More common features - rainbows and piles of stones. We argued the entire trip about whether these piles could be natural. Big cairns were erected to serve as route markers in rural areas. The small ones, it is said, were made by elves.