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Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.

A desert island with both a buried treasure and a famous castaway.

Site of James Cook's historic observations of the 1769 transit of Venus.

The cafe that acts as the social hub for the small volcanic island of HMS Bounty fame.

The watery grave of Captain Bligh's famous ship.

The world's most remote permanent settlement on an active volcano.

Final resting place of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton.

One of the world's southernmost bars.

A remains of a stone shelter are a reminder of "The Worst Journey in the World."

Fire meets ice at the southernmost volcano on Earth.

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

Nimrod Polar Expedition base, and home to hundred-year-old frozen whisky.

Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.

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

The bodies of some early polar pioneers are still buried beneath the harsh snows of the Antarctic.

Before TV meteorologists, there were weather kiosks. This may be the last one in the United States.

Although now a decaying ruin, this stone cabin's history includes several notable figures.

The stone-covered graves lie within the ruins of an Old West ghost town.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Memorial to one of the most fatal fires in both circus and U.S. history.

A tribute to the truly loyal dog who waited outside a hospital for his owner to come back.

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