This abandoned Antarctic base sits nearly unchanged since it was forsaken in the 1950s, just waiting for you to visit.

This abandoned Antarctic research station is a Soviet ghost frozen in time.

A 19th-century perch for spotting sailing ships now boasts one of the most iconic views in the Southern Hemisphere.

An autonomous oak in Alabama.

For a century and a half, this great beech stood bearing a carefully carved 20-line poem. Now this stone and plaque are all that remain.

An abandoned 6th-century monastery features a medieval map of the known world.

One man's psychedelic fence is painted with his cacophonous folk art musings on the world.

The grandiose interior of this bar speaks to its past as home to famous jewelers and railway offices.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

For more than 15 years, this downtown dive bar has hosted fiery outdoor “iron pours.”

No passport is required to eat around the world at this elegant restaurant.

Step past the gas pumps and into a fine French bistro.

Maybe the only restaurant in the world where your seat will be signed by a Nobel laureate.

Sit at the "Disney table,” where Walt and his team of "imagineers" once dined on the regular.

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

Located close to a movie studio lot, this restaurant has a long history of star-studded patronage.

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!

A hidden gem full of oddities, curiosities and macabre antiques.

The Bristol Camera Obscura housed in an ancient windmill.

An enigmatic monument to the Irish revolutionary who plotted an uprising against British rule.

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.