An off-the-beaten-path monastery in the northern hills of Ulaanbaatar.

A hike outside of the town of Zuun Mod will take visitors to a monastery complex steeped in Mongolian history.

This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.

16,500-acre ranch filled with American heritage, geological wonders, and a giant pile of tires is the crown jewel of an intriguing tug-of-war.

Inside this 150-year-old barn turned antique shop is a vast array of items for curios hunters.

Outside a small brewery, a Gothic fountain that once provided water to thirsty horses.

These hellish-looking cliffs in the Canadian Arctic have been burning for centuries.

The world's largest dark sky preserve is a Canadian park established to preserve the country's last wood bison.

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

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

These circular ruins are all that remain of a 17th-century Arctic whaling outpost.

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

The birthplace of the very first human resident born in Antarctica.

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

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

Final resting place of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton.

This uninhabited volcanic island is the most remote in the world.

Established hundreds of years ago, Gandan remains the premier Buddhist monastery in Ulaanbaatar.

An exceptional assortment of fossils recovered from private collections.

Thousands of artifacts tell Mongolia's military history, from the Bronze Age to the present.

Ancient site of Mongolian Shamanism located near a road leading out of Ulaanbaatar.

According to one story, this burial mound is made up of stones that represent the casualties of a major battle.

This institution honors Nepal’s most storied warriors.

One of the best beaches in the entire world.