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

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

Fire meets ice at the southernmost volcano on Earth.

Naked scientists race around the pole in the frigid cold to try to join Antarctica's exclusive 300 Club.

Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.

It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

This gold-winged spire celebrates the first true flight around the world.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

This shrine to the patron saint of Alaska sits on a small tidal island and was built from the land’s own beach stones.

On top of a sheet metal business in Juneau stand nearly a dozen charming Wizard of Oz statues.

Impressive artifacts from Juneau's gold mining days fill this mining site-turned-museum.