It might not be as impossible to reach as its name would imply, but just about.

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

Home of Vissarion, the "Jesus of Siberia."

Intricate wood carvings on an island in Siberia.

This remote lake in Siberia supposedly contains a fearsome sea monster.

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

One of the world's southernmost bars.

A remains of a stone shelter are a reminder of "The Worst Journey in the World."

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

Russian Orthodox church built on an Antarctic island.

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

Antarctica's only sculpture garden, it has art and penguins, but no plants in sight.

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

The birthplace of the very first human resident born in Antarctica.

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

The best place to send your postcards home from Antarctica.

Over two-thirds of the world's population of giant tortoises live among this coral formation.

The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.

Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.

The centuries-old trees lining both sides of this dirt road may become Madagascar's first natural monument.

The most alien-looking place on Earth.

A British general, a suggestive tree, a map of paradise.

A newspaper editor turned this abandoned island into a tortoise nature preserve that's now the world's smallest national park.

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.