A small earthen mound is decorated as an “elf house” near Strandakirkja in southern Iceland. An Icelandic group called the Hrauvinir claims that ancient elves of Iceland would be disturbed by the ...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland — In this land of fire and ice, where the fog-shrouded lava fields offer a spooky landscape in which anything might lurk, stories abound of the “hidden folk” — thousands of elves, ...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland - In this land of fire and ice, where the fog-shrouded lava fields offer a spooky landscape in which anything might lurk, stories abound of the "hidden folk" - thousands of elves, ...

The news: Iceland’s formidable elf problem has once again delayed the construction of a new road. Yes, seriously. The government of Icelandic President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson was hoping to construct a ...

Iceland is a land where magic happens. Magical people live there — and I don’t mean those Vikings roaming the streets of Reykjavik. (Although, for all you single ladies out there, yes, they are indeed ...

In Iceland, the Yule Lads are stirring. And like so much in this strange — and strangely beautiful — place, they are not what you expect. Yes, the Yule Lads appear at Yuletide, all 13 of them, and yes ...

Josh Gates’ Destination Truth heads to the mysterious island of Iceland, where elves abound This week Josh Gates’ Destination Truth investigates the truth about a Japanese water monster and some very ...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland — In this land of fire and ice, where the fog-shrouded lava fields offer a spooky landscape in which anything might lurk, stories abound of the “hidden folk” — thousands of elves, ...

Ragnhildur Jónsdóttir wants you to know that she’s not crazy. She’s gone to a doctor—two, actually—to make sure. She just wants to save the elves. After all, they’re her friends. “Of course lots of ...