One of only two civilian settlements in the desolate lands of chilly Antarctica.

This scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.

You feel like you're in a forest, but you're actually walking amidst the branches and trunks of a single giant tree.

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

Inside this library, the history of Los Angeles is retold through a mural.

A jungle cave in Peru of unknown depths, otherworldly sounds, and strange nocturnal birds that navigate by echolocation.

The mysterious white squirrels of this Illinois city are treated like sacred cows.

Explore the rich history of Colombia's Indigenous peoples.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

This remarkably well-preserved Incan city managed to survive the conquistadores.

The most southern point you can drive to in the Western Hemisphere.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

Icelandic settlement in Manitoba established in 1875.

A trailblazing sovereign nation tucked in the American state of Wisconsin.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

An unrecognized nation-state created in the 1820s to avoid taxes.

This micronation's flag honors its favorite drink, Kaffegöken, or "cuckoo-coffee."

This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.

A clerical error gave rise to this imaginary micronation in the southwestern corner of Estonia.

A self-proclaimed libertarian micro-state on a tiny bit of disputed territory between Serbia and Croatia.

A small self-proclaimed micro-state located on a piece of disputed territory between Croatia and Serbia, near Liberland.

A proto micro-nation sometimes populated by artists, surrounded on all sides by a Utah most barren.

The smallest country in the world.