Grytviken, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
The Grave of Ernest Shackleton
Final resting place of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Grytviken, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Final resting place of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton.
Bouvet Island
This uninhabited volcanic island is the most remote in the world.
Leadville, Colorado
Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.
Pfronten, Germany
Two nations form a rare four-sided border at the peak of a mountain, philosophical questions result.
Suffolk, England
A 550-square-meter micro-nation off the coast of Britain.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Hidden on two floors of downtown building, the library has an incredible deal on rent.
Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Home to pygmy hunter-gatherers, hundreds of animal and bird species, and the strange okapi, or forest giraffe.
Land that belongs to no nation.
Marawi, Sudan
Crumbling pyramids and temple ruins stand within the shadow of this sacred butte.
Asmara, Eritrea
Wander among hulking piles of rusted machinery left over from the Eritrean-Ethiopian War.
Namibia
The largest known meteorite on Earth was too big to move.
Namibia
The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.
Stanley, Falkland Islands
Where British troops serving on the remote islands paid tribute to their faraway hometowns.
Falkland Islands
This haunting ghost ship stands beached in the waters off the coast of the Falkland Islands.
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
French scientists make up the majority of the few humans to occupy this remote island in the extreme southern Indian Ocean.
Antarctica
The largest piece of no man's land left on Earth.
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Antarctica's bustling metropolis, originally established by Richard E. Byrd.
Antarctica
One of the most extreme deserts in the world, these snow-free valleys harbor life, despite the hostile environment.
King George Island, Antarctica
One of only two civilian settlements in the desolate lands of chilly Antarctica.
Antarctica
One of the world's southernmost bars.
Antarctica
Naked scientists race around the pole in the frigid cold to try to join Antarctica's exclusive 300 Club.
Turkmenistan
The remains of a medieval city loom in one of the most isolated desert regions of Turkmenistan.
Turkmenistan
A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.
Thule, Greenland
Neither bomb blasts nor heartbeats escape the giant ears of this super sci-fi Arctic outpost.