The site of a bloody showdown between invading Iraqi forces and a cell of the popular resistance in Kuwait.

North America's first frozen mummified remains of an ice age steppe bison, the 36,000 year-old mummy named "Blue Babe."

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

At 238 feet above the bottom of a gorge this span is known as the biggest thrill on the road to McCarthy.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.

A former Latvian headquarters of the brutal KGB secret police is now open as a grim reminder of their atrocities.

The personal library of the founder of modern neurology is open to visitors.

A museum devoted to bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories through exhibitions, education and public programming.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

Lebanon's highest point offers expansive views, martian terrains, and eerie ski lifts.

Mount Nyiragongo has erupted at least 34 times since 1882 and is home to the world's largest lava lake.

Former island in the Aral Sea used to be a top-secret Russian bio-weapons facility.

World's oldest and largest space launch facility, once a secret missile testing site.

Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.

A forlorn fishing village on the coast of Labrador, full of shipwrecks and Spanish gold.

Former drug lord’s manor, now a theme park. Watch out for the hippos.