A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

There was a top secret plan during World War II to seal a group of soldiers inside the rock.

This university research project is the U.S. government's weed dealer.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

The history and future of cannabis.

Inside the world's largest seed bank, WWII botanists elected to starve to death rather than compromise their collection.

In the northernmost city in the world, it's illegal to be buried because it’s too cold for bodies to decompose.

An experimental forest at the foreground of arboreal science is also the canary in the coal mine for climate change.

A uniquely authentic display of traditional Russian culture.

The USSR’s Conquest of Nature lead to the domestication of many moose—no squirrel.

Former prison camp dedicated to the victims of political repression.

This nostalgic Russian museum is full of USSR cultural artifacts from the 1970s and 80s.

On La Gomera, "Silbadors" communicate in a 4,000-word language of whistles.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

Cold storage for agricultural biodiversity.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

A monument to the defenders of the Arctic in Murmansk, Russia.

Quality time with reindeer in the stunning scenery of their natural Lappish habitat above the Arctic Circle.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

Sulphuric gases inhabit a beautiful Japanese island.

Abandoned outpost once home to a murderous tyrant.

Fifty years of contamination in Scotland's waters.

Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.