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

The largest piece of no man's land left on Earth.

A wooden hut from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

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

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

Considered the most remote point in the entire world.

Southern Ocean waters and glacial forces transform the Antarctic ice into these stunning bridges and caves.

Largest sub-glacial lake ever discovered.

One of the most extreme deserts in the world, these snow-free valleys harbor life, despite the hostile environment.

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

These passages carved from the Antarctic ice hold strange shrines to the harsh southernmost climes.

Antarctica's bustling metropolis, originally established by Richard E. Byrd.

Russian Orthodox church built on an Antarctic island.

The best place to send your postcards home from Antarctica.

The world's largest neutrino telescope searches for secrets of the universe at the South Pole.

One of the world's southernmost bars.

Fire meets ice at the southernmost volcano on Earth.

An abandoned whaling station on an active volcano offers hot springs in Antarctica, surrounded by ruined giants of industry.

Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

Decades of discarded bottle caps line this alleyway, a fixture of Texas A&M.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

Ethiopian standing stones featuring remarkably preserved carvings of swords and people.

Rusting railcars and locomotive equipment fill this Ethiopian train graveyard.