Places nicolefrancis Wants to Go

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

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

This abandoned Antarctic research station is a Soviet ghost frozen in time.

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

The best place to send your postcards home from Antarctica.

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.

Theme park featuring miniature replicas of European monuments.

What's a diner from the 1939 World's Fair doing in a remote Utah mountain town?

Legends of treasure and spirits flow from this this fairy tale-like oasis.

A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

An old department store turned Nazi prison turned artist commune.

The music is over at the Ballhaus Riviera Ballroom, but the ballroom remains in haunting disrepair.

Fall down the rabbit hole into a surreal journey of human consciousness "from ass to soul."

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

An 18th-century Catholic church converted into an eccentric temple of music and bacchanalia.

With 3,000 bikes on display, the world's largest bicycle museum includes some famous rarities.

This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.

These ancient sunken lanes were naturally tunneled into the soft ground by countless footsteps.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."