Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

These beautiful ruins deep in the Pennsylvania woods are thought to have been a ski lodge or a speakeasy, but no one really knows.

The graffitied ruins stand hidden within the Pennsylvania woods.

A former chicken restaurant that doubled as a speakeasy is now a quirky home full of wonderfully strange traditions.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause.

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

One of the world's southernmost bars.

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

One of America's oldest Antarctic research bases is abandoned but still just waiting for visiting explorers.

Fire meets ice at the southernmost volcano on Earth.

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

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

Scientists use one of the saltiest bodies of water on Earth as a terrestrial base for studying water on Mars.

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

In an Auckland neighborhood, looming chopsticks lift noodles from the sidewalk.

New Zealand's oldest prison holds a dark history and the scars of a deadly earthquake.

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

This mechanical clock performs "Romeo and Juliet" in a Shakespeare-themed New Zealand town.

The "punniest place on Earth” has nearly as many bull-themed puns as it does people.

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

The ruins of New Zealand's largest classical-style church.

The real place where the One Ring to rule them all was forged.

One of the world's largest pianos is displayed in the workshop of the man who built it as a teenager.

Water-powered gadgets whirr to life in this quirky eco park.