The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

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

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

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

The best place to send your postcards home from Antarctica.

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

One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

Serving you alcohol with a side of insanity. Also, costumes!

This giant power line tower is a robot that can express its moods in neon.

A memorial to the victims of Argentina's "Dirty War."

A pocket of Buenos Aires with an unusually high concentration of psychotherapists.

Xul Solar was an artist of alternate worlds, inventor of languages, and dreamer of utopias.

Buenos Aires' city of the dead contains some very famous remains, including Eva Perón.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.