The forgotten and tragic story of the thousands of female convicts forcibly transported to Tasmania is told inside the ruins of this notorious 19th-century workhouse.

This simple sailing boat is one of the oldest preserved fishing vessels of its kind in the world.

Bronze statues honor the brave explorers who passed through this Antarctic gateway.

The world's only full-size replica of the research hut used by Douglas Mawson for his 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition.

Countless expeditions have left Tasmania to explore Antarctica, but this island state has an even deeper connection with the sea.

Three women and a 10-year-old boy are immortalized in this sculpture memorializing the 13,000 women and children convicts sent to Van Diemen’s Land (now Tasmania) between 1803 and 1853.

An historic lighthouse accessible via a half-mile walk through a nature preserve and freshwater tidal wetlands.

An enormous mural of a leaping orca painted on a fuel tank at a remote Antarctic base.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

Nassau Hall has served as army barracks, a museum, and played a key role in the American Revolution.

27-room home built with the fortune of a sugar magnate.

Ride on a fully-restored Nike nuclear-tipped missile elevator from the Cold War.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

The actual “Hotel Rwanda” that became a hiding place and refuge from the horrors of genocide in 1994.

The first Icelander to hold the position of governor.

Small Island off the coast of Greenland.

These ominous lava formations were said to be an entrance to the netherworld so of course they inspired a famous metal band.

A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

The history of Reykjavik told through a historical village and live actors.