The wife of a lost fisherman finds his last message to her: a lottery ticket in a bottle.

An American naturalist travels south beyond the remote Kerguelen Islands.

The North Pole is auctioned off, and the winning team undertakes a scientific experiment to ameliorate the local climate.

An engineer returns to a depleted coal mine at an old friend’s request and investigates mysterious happenings.

After the end of the Civil War, the Baltimore Gun Club decides to apply its engineering expertise to the design of a cannon capable of shooting a projectile to the Moon.

The giant rocket Columbiad travels to the Moon, engaging in discoveries and misadventures along the way.

A record of the ill-fated voyage of the Chancellor as told by one of the passengers.

An engineer poses as an aide to a scientist whose invention of a world-conquering weapon drives him insane.

A courier of the Russian Czar must race against time and the Siberian elements to deliver a crucial message of an impeding Tartar invasion and possible treachery.

A Scottish lord and lady set off on a quest to find and rescue the shipwrecked Captain Grant.

A young sea apprentice finds himself in charge of a ship, which is led astray to a land where the slave trade abounds.

A Parisian news reporter is assigned to travel across Asia by train and report on the sights, experiences, and interesting characters along the way.