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Swirling layers of white and red rock earned these mountains their festive nickname.

In the garden of a Georgia museum, without any explanation, is a monumental head of the Communist icon.

Despite being tiny and rural this Georgian airport looks like a sci-fi boondoggle.

Propped high atop the peak of Mount Gamsutlmeer, this abandoned village is one of the oldest settlements in the region.

Unlike many reclaimed, abandoned mines, this Canadian cave system is still just a dangerous maze.

Cross towering trestles and tunnels on a historic canyon rail trail.

Low tide reveals 8,000-year-old rock carvings in Southern Alaska.

Canada’s longest cave system is home to creatures found nowhere else on the planet, as well as rare cave pearls.

A rare remnant of Finland’s Soviet-occupied past.

One man's journey to return a stone to its point of origin after 200,000 years.

The concrete skeletons of an abandoned Swedish town hide among the trees.

The world's first ice hotel is still one of the most elaborate and beautiful.

The gnarled remains of an exploded German bunker from World War II sit along a breathtaking fjord.

Commemorating the story of how a small Norwegian village escaped destruction during World War II.

The deepest hole drilled in the name of science, where evidence of Precambrian life was found.

Thousands of birds nest in the cliffs while arctic foxes prowl below.

This Arctic storage facility is a secure backup for agricultural biodiversity.

This abandoned mining village was predicted to resist decay longer than any other modern human settlement.

Small Island off the coast of Greenland.

Earth's greatest purely vertical drop at 4,101 feet.

This former outpost was designed to protect the lucrative fur trade of the 18th century.

You don't have to visit the deep blue sea to see these majestic creatures swimming wild and free.

A crash site in the heart of polar bear territory has become a beloved local landmark.

The rusting hulk of a 250-foot-long merchant vessel remains where she grounded on the shore of Hudson Bay.