Jurassic theme park in the small town of Erlian.

The largest dinosaurs in the world, kissing above the highway.

A remote forest of stone pillars along the Lena river.

Site of the largest impact event to occur over land in Earth's recorded history.

What was once the base for Russia's first nature reserve is now a ghost town, right on the shore of Lake Baikal.

The world's second-largest excavated hole.

Hanging over one of Japan's "hidden valleys," these vine bridges must be remade every three years.

As the aging humans of this Japanese village die off one local artisan is replacing them with eerie homonculi.

A calico cat named Tama was the wildly popular Super Station Master at this train stop in southeast Japan.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.

A Japanese shrine to dolls.

Marvel of green building techniques that sings with the wind.

This South Pacific volcano has been blowing its stack for over 800 years and is said to be home to a cult leader waiting to be reborn.

Buried in the Laos jungle is a sanctuary for bears that would have otherwise been milked to death by poachers.

The vast chamber inside this abandoned cooling tower looks like something out of a sci-fi dystopia.

A wooden hut from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

The place of worship erected not once, but three times in one of the most desolate places on Earth.

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

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.

Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.

Fire meets ice at the southernmost volcano on Earth.

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