A wooden hut from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

Scientists use one of the saltiest bodies of water on Earth as a terrestrial base for studying water on Mars.

One of the most extreme deserts in the world, these snow-free valleys harbor life, despite the hostile environment.

Russian Orthodox church built on an Antarctic island.

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

The remains of a doomed Antarctic plane, buried beneath layers of ice and snow, await those willing to do a bit of digging.

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

One of the world's southernmost bars.

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.

Scattered ruins and a tiny cemetery are all that remain of a failed attempt to colonize the inhospitable Desolate Islands.

French scientists make up the majority of the few humans to occupy this remote island in the extreme southern Indian Ocean.

Now home to nothing but a weather station and a landing strip, a group of enslaved people were marooned on this tiny island for 15 years.

Georgetown’s most impressive building is also one of the tallest wooden churches in the world.

The world's widest single drop waterfall, and the two men who legend says went over its edge in a boat.

An abandoned suspension bridge on the Falkland Islands is crumbling into the water.

This parking garage has given itself over to graffiti artists and the neighborhood can't thank them enough.

This contemporary art museum is filled with other, smaller museums, which feature work from artists primarily in the Pacific Northwest.

Activists are fighting to preserve these unfinished highway ramps as a tribute to the citizen revolt that halted their construction decades ago.

Seasonal, Pacific Northwest cuisine served in a 101 year old firehouse.

The second tallest railway trestle bridge in America.

This Cold War missile launch site has been abandoned for 40 years.

The remains of a former logging boom town, crumbled away in the forest.

A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.