Scattered ruins and a tiny cemetery are all that remain of a failed attempt to colonize the inhospitable Desolate Islands.

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

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

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

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

One of the world's southernmost bars.

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.

One of the capital's last independent milk bars remains a crucial community watering hole.

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

One of the oldest restaurants in the Seychelles.

All that remains of Jacques Cousteau's 1960s underwater "village."

Sitting atop a rock on Michamvi Pingwe beach, this restaurant becomes its own island at high tide.

Freddie Mercury's childhood home is now a monument to the iconic Queen rockstar.

Human ancestor’s 3.6 million year-old footprints.

Stay in your own little bubble.

A salty red wasteland in Tanzania is a breeding spot for endangered flamingos.

Hidden dwellings in the cliffsides of North Togo used by local Moba tribes to evade 18th-century slave traders.

The Voodoo Superstore of the world.

The largest and best-preserved Roman amphitheater in Africa was designed to seat 35,000 people.

Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.

The original film set of Luke Skywalker's Tatooine home from the 'Star Wars' trilogy.

An aeronautical-themed resort forged around rusty relics from the golden age of air travel.

This small roadside eatery exists in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, as the equator runs right through it.