The remote graves mark the mysterious deaths of four 19th century explorers.

This landlocked lake is the world's largest on an island.

The Arctic Archipelago is home to world's largest third order island: an island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island.

Earth's greatest purely vertical drop at 4,101 feet.

A spoke-tacular artwork constructed from recycled bicycle rims.

Home to a full cast of the largest woolly mammoth ever recovered in North America. 

Roadside collection of 65,000 signs.

The "Gateway to the Arctic" connects Barrow's indigenous population with the sea and its traditional industry: whaling.

Massive mounds of golden sand look like a desert landscape randomly plopped in an Arctic forest.

The whimsical legacy of a Canadian artist.

Saved by a logger, this Douglas fir is one of the last great old-growth trees in Canada.

This vast, pristine wilderness is home to a rare subspecies of black bear.

One of the largest cat sanctuaries in North America is considered a "Club Med" for felines.

A sacred lake composed of over 300 separate pools of highly concentrated minerals.

Sleep snuggled in a sphere suspended atop the forest canopy of Vancouver Island.

These unusual stone structures are actually fish traps crafted by an ancient civilization.

This small uninhabited island offers Galapagos-like biodiversity.

This Ecuadorian cemetery is home to a jaw-dropping topiary wonderland.

A turquoise lake within a volcanic crater.

This beach provides a glimpse of the ancient seafloor without getting wet.

What began as a makeshift lost and found, now exists as a unique art installation.

Taihape's claim to fame is a fictional Kiwi farmer wearing gumboots.

Hundreds of toothbrushes hang from a wire fence along a quiet New Zealand road.

A New Zealand couple's shell-adorned home living room, now on display at the Canterbury Museum.