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

The last inhabitants of one of the U.K.'s most remote islands were evacuated in 1930.

The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.

Far from the shore, this sandy victim of the Skeleton Coast looks like it was plopped in the middle of the desert.

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.

Shipwrecks, ruins, and turtles are all that remain on this haunting Caribbean ghost island.

An abandoned outdoor movie theater in the Sinai desert.

A desert in southeast Asia, complete with a beautiful lake covered in lotus flowers.

This tiny square mile of Canadian sand was once considered the world's smallest desert.

People in Poland have rallied to save this unnatural desert from being reclaimed by the forest.

An unlikely beach paradise of giant sand dunes lies between two lakes just a few minutes from Michigan's cherry country.

One of the largest ochre quarries in the world, hidden in a limestone landscape.

The most northerly active sand dunes in the world have some very rare botanical residents.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

A miniature desert appears out of nowhere on the lush isle of Lemnos, like something out of a Greek myth.

Massive mounds of golden sand look like a desert landscape randomly plopped in an Arctic forest.

Once in a state of dilapidation, this candy-inspired fortress is now being revived.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

The most photographed house in Maine looks good enough to eat.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

This isolated island is often capped by its own fluffy cloud.