Saurbæjarkirkja, Iceland

Saurbær Church, Saurbæjarkirkja, Iceland, ca. 1900, by Frederick W. W. Howell, Cornell University Library, via Cornell University Library Commons on flickr.

This now rare turf church still exists. You can see it in 2015 here.

Under grass

Iceland houses, ca. 1900, Cornell University LibraryTurf farmhouse in Hlíðarendi, Fljótshlíð, Iceland, ca. 1900, by Frederick W.W. Howell, Cornell University Library, via Cornell University Library on flickr (both photos).

Iceland house, ca. 1900, Cornell University LibraryHouse covered with chamomile in Reykjavík.