Jóhanna Bergmann Þorvaldsdóttir, a former nurse, currently owns and operates Háafell, an Icelandic farm that has been in her family for generations. Þorvaldsdóttir was born and raised on this land as ...

Ever come across an incredible hotel that stops you mid-scroll and makes you think, Wow, wouldn’t it be something to stay there? We do, too—all the time. Welcome to Friday Fantasy, where we highlight ...

You wake up in a lodge in northern Iceland’s secluded Fljot Valley surrounded by snow capped mountains and pristine lakes. Outside of these 652 acres in the Troll Peninsula, residents of a few sheep ...

It’s always nice to visit the family farm, especially when it’s in Iceland. Rhonda Adkins of Great Falls enjoyed this unique opportunity when she immersed herself in her Icelandic roots as a ...

Reporting from Troll Peninsula, Iceland — Alan Bernholtz grew up in the San Fernando Valley and surfed off Malibu. But the ski slopes of the Sierra — and later Colorado, Alaska, the Andes and the Alps ...

Aquaculture is bringing jobs and money to rural regions, but a huge escape of farmed fish in August could devastate local salmon populations Clad in black waders, Guðmundur Hauker Jakobsson jumps into ...

In the shadow of Iceland’s largest geothermal power station, a large warehouse houses a hi-tech indoor farm of sorts that’s like nothing I’ve ever seen. Under a strange pink-purple glow, illuminated ...

Alaskans have much in common with Icelanders, sharing so much in the way of weather, rural living, winter darkness, self-reliance and attitude. Nathaniel Ian Miller, in his second book — the first was ...

It’s a beautiful mid-September day. The sun is not covered by clouds, the biting winds have the mercy to cease once every half hour or so, and I am on the bumpiest ride of my life with a growing herd ...