If it's not that bad then there's no shame in admitting it.
A friend of mine went to Mongolia as part of a multi-country tour and the way she described the steppes and the desert sounded really beautiful. The pictures made it seem stunning. I wouldn't stay for long if I did go because apparently you can't find fresh vegetables and not everywhere has running water all the time, but there's a not-secret-at-all black market in Ulaanbaatar that you just have to pay a small amount to get into and something so weird as that is too appealing.
As for Iceland,
this video generally explains my reasons for wanting to go.