The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.

Moss and stone turn this waterfall into an otherworldly liquid veil.

Read a book with a glass of wine at this classically restored bar.

One woman's decades-long obsession with the "La Fée Verte."

The Jewish diaspora shares a menu at this museum café.

Take a hike to this remote, scenic tea stop in the Canadian Rockies.

This ghost-town bar has bullet holes and plenty of stories lurking within its walls.

A gorgeous and extensive collaboration between biologists and artists, displaying skeletons and other animal remnants in lifelike poses.

The most southern point you can drive to in the Western Hemisphere.

The southernmost Anglican cathedral in the world has whale bones standing in its yard.

This remote stretch of sand is a penguin lover's paradise.

One of only two civilian settlements in the desolate lands of chilly Antarctica.

An abandoned whaling station on an active volcano offers hot springs in Antarctica, surrounded by ruined giants of industry.

One of the world's southernmost bars.

The best place to send your postcards home from Antarctica.

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

Antarctica's only sculpture garden, it has art and penguins, but no plants in sight.

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

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

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.