Speyer, Germany
Speyer Wine Bottle
Aged nearly 1,700 years, the world's oldest bottle of wine is probably still drinkable.
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Speyer, Germany
Aged nearly 1,700 years, the world's oldest bottle of wine is probably still drinkable.
Banff, Alberta
This mysterious taxidermy man-beast of the seven seas resides at the Banff Trading Post.
Banff, Alberta
The natural hot spring that was integral to the creation of Canada's first national park.
Banff, Alberta
Try the alligator at this fondue spot, which has been catering to "lovers and hedonists" since 1967.
Cougar, Washington
See the imprints of ancient trees, burned and preserved by lava.
Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Australia
Australia's only active volcanoes and highest peak are located on these remote islands thousands of miles away from the mainland.
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via, France
The world's largest solar furnace uses 10,000 mirrors to concentrate the sun's rays to generate power.
Alliat, France
Trek into the depths of the cave where 17,000-year-old paintings exist alongside 400-year-old graffiti.
Bélesta, France
Every half hour, the flow of this unusual spring cycles between a rush of water and barely a trickle.
Deyme, France
The deserted pirate-themed restaurant still entices explorers.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Museum on earth sciences featuring a recreation of a famous curiosity cabinet.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The gilded, masterful astronomical clock will calculate time, dates, and planetary positions for thousands of years to come.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.
Frederiksberg, Denmark
A 19th-century subterranean reservoir repurposed as a contemporary art cave.
Australia
This dramatic sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect and is part of the lost continent of Zealandia.
Lord Howe Island, Australia
In a strange timezone anomaly, Daylight Saving Time here sets the clocks forward just 30 minutes.
Antarctica
These abandoned huts still hold the remains of an early 20th century Australian researcher's work.
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.
Tristan da Cunha
The world's most remote permanent settlement on an active volcano.
Inaccessible Island
It might not be as impossible to reach as its name would imply, but just about.
Bouvet Island
This uninhabited volcanic island is the most remote in the world.
Grytviken, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Final resting place of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton.
King George Island, Antarctica
One of only two civilian settlements in the desolate lands of chilly Antarctica.
Antarctica
An abandoned whaling station on an active volcano offers hot springs in Antarctica, surrounded by ruined giants of industry.