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

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

Rumor had it that these concrete crosses scattered across the Arizona scrubland helped align spy satellites. (They didn’t.)

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

This former open-pit manganese mine is now a massive graffiti canvas.

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

Naked scientists race around the pole in the frigid cold to try to join Antarctica's exclusive 300 Club.

Southern Ocean waters and glacial forces transform the Antarctic ice into these stunning bridges and caves.

The remains of a doomed Antarctic plane, buried beneath layers of ice and snow, await those willing to do a bit of digging.

Nimrod Polar Expedition base, and home to hundred-year-old frozen whisky.

Antarctica's bustling metropolis, originally established by Richard E. Byrd.

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

A wooden hut from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

One of the world's southernmost bars.