Where Aleister Crowley taught magick in "La Chambre Des Cauchemars," his "Chamber of Nightmares."

David Sedaris called it "The greatest shop in the world."

A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.

Considered the most remote point in the entire world.

Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.

Nimrod Polar Expedition base, and home to hundred-year-old frozen whisky.

One of the world's southernmost bars.

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

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

A massive, heart-shaped, wind-carved crater in the middle of the Israeli desert.

The world's largest ship graveyard is the product of decades of corruption.

9th century Abbasid mosque, damaged in modern warfare.

A 605-page Quran penned in the blood of a dictator is locked away in a mosque.

A giant bisected onion dome remembers the Iraqis who died in the Iran-Iraq War.

Celebrated as a center of civilization, the remains of the ancient city have been nearly destroyed by greed, egoism, and war.

This Tibetan monastery has survived multiple attacks and is also a sky burial site.

Ancient Manuscripts showcase the civilization of West Africans during the Middle Ages.

These homes carved into the mountains seem to defy the laws of nature.

The central mosque of this Mali town is entirely built from mud.

This shrine to film's most iconic wasteland wanderer is located in the very outback where the movies were shot.

The villagers of the coldest inhabited place on Earth adjust to unique challenges presented by day-to-day living.

A remote forest of stone pillars along the Lena river.