Places immatthewpelton Wants to Go

The largest piece of no man's land left on Earth.

An ice field known for harboring an infamous Martian meteorite turned out to contain the oldest air on Earth.

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

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.

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

Fire meets ice at the southernmost volcano on Earth.

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

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

Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.

Hidden among the trees at the Rangeley Lakes Trails Center are more than 20 gnomes in small wooden houses.

An out of this world experience.

A six-person chapel in the middle of Alberta's badlands.

This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.

A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.

A massive cave once a secret military base is now home to thousands of bats.

This statue honoring the most decorated dog of World War I stands in a Connecticut park.

This fancifully decorated Victorian home in New York’s Hudson Valley is the only known fully domed octagonal residence in the United States.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

New York's oldest magic store.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.

The world's first underground farm is in a World War II bomb shelter beneath the streets of London.

A giant wooden soda bottle pays homage to a distinctly British drink on the very spot where it was invented.