Antarctica
The Ceremonial South Pole
Naked scientists race around the pole in the frigid cold to try to join Antarctica's exclusive 300 Club.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Antarctica
Naked scientists race around the pole in the frigid cold to try to join Antarctica's exclusive 300 Club.
Eastland, Texas
Legend says the horned lizard spent 31 years sealed in a time capsule before he was discovered alive.
Palo Alto, California
This small monument to the great inventor contains a time capsule and a Wi-Fi hotspot.
Duqm, Oman
A section of the desert with an array of unusual sandstone and limestone formations.
Logan, Ohio
Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.
Oman
These gnarly desert trees produce the prized aromatic resin traded along the ancient incense trail.
Luganville, Vanuatu
The U.S. military dumped millions dollars worth of goods off a beach in Vanuatu, purely to spite the British and French.
Diomede, Alaska
Alaska Natives have lived on this tiny isolated island in the Bering Strait for over 5,000 years.
Preston, England
A harrowing sculpture commemorates the four people shot down during the workers strike of 1842.
Vientiane, Laos
American bombs, morbid memorabilia, and graphic photographs tell the story of the CIA-led “Secret War” from the Pathet Lao perspective.
Chemnitz, Germany
One of the largest busts in the world celebrates the German city's erstwhile namesake.
Cisco, Texas
Where Santa Claus held up a Texas bank and started a statewide manhunt.
Itagüi, Colombia
The (usually) serene burial place of the world's most notorious drug lord.
Bradfield Dale, England
The collapse of the brand-new dam caused one of the worst floods in British history.
Sterling, Virginia
These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.
Davis Station, Antarctica
Antarctica's only sculpture garden, it has art and penguins, but no plants in sight.
Saskatchewan
Two provinces and two territories touch borders deep in the middle of the wilderness.
Greenland
The world's northernmost flowers cling tenuously to life on desolate Kaffeklubben Island.
Antarctica
Considered the most remote point in the entire world.
Land that belongs to no nation.
Novaya Zemlya, Russia
Site of the world's largest nuclear explosion.
Vatican City
Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.
Gravesend, England
The last resting place of the famous Native American princess is marked by a haunting monument.
Jenner, California
The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.