The legend associated with these ruins understates the splendor of the mansion that once stood here.

Rare signs of the former Soviet Union in the Caribbean, though not where you'd expect them.

This historic hiding place, often used by people escaping slavery, is a testament to a heroic struggle for freedom.

Shipwrecks, ruins, and turtles are all that remain on this haunting Caribbean ghost island.

The world's smallest drawbridge.

Aruba’s first chapel.

Home to more than 13,000 pieces of war memorabilia and military equipment.

Japan’s oldest clock tower has been called one of the country’s most disappointing attractions.

This pier made of ice and constructed over the Antarctic winter is used when the resupply cargo ships arrive in summer.

Quite possibly the most isolated bus stop on Earth.

The steep slope known as “Ob Hill” overlooks an Antarctic research station.

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

A wooden hut from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

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

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

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

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

The medieval center of the Islamic world was also once the seat of Saladin's sultanate.

Charnel house at the foot of Mount Sinai.

In Egypt's expanding metro area, many of the neighbors are dead.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!