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Wilderness, South Africa
Kaaimans Grotto
This cave overlooking the Indian Ocean has been turned into a shelter and makeshift museum.
-33.9982, 22.5598
Soweto, South Africa
Orlando Towers
Two giant painted cooling towers make for one of the world’s most epic bungee jumps.
-26.2543, 27.9266
Cape Town, South Africa
Chapman's Peak Drive
This road winds through the steep coastal cliffside offering spectacular views for those who brave the drive.
-34.0883, 18.3594
Johannesburg, South Africa
Neighbourgoods Market
A growing popular hipster market with over 100 local specialties and live music.
-26.1941, 28.0351
Puerto Iguazú, Argentina
Ecological Plastic Bottle House
One family's mission to exemplify sustainability took on a whole new life as a surprisingly beautiful home.
-25.6248, -54.5543
Rome, Italy
Tomba di Nerone (Tomb of Nero)
Known for centuries as the famous Roman emperor's burial place, this monument is actually something else.
41.9655, 12.4425
Rome, Italy
Bunker Soratte
Hidden within this iconic mountain are a set of World War II bunkers once used by German forces.
42.2366, 12.5082
Rome, Italy
Veii
Rome's ancient Etruscan rival, now a park full of ruins.
42.0196, 12.3932
Rome, Italy
Pons Fabricius
This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.
41.8911, 12.4783
Rome, Italy
Keats-Shelley Memorial House
Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.
41.9051, 12.4868
Rome, Italy
Museo Storico Nazionale Dell' Arte Sanitaria
One of the most important yet well-hidden museums dedicated to the history of medicine.
41.9012, 12.4631
Rome, Italy
Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory
A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.
41.9039, 12.4725
Rome, Italy
St. Valentine's Skull
The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.
41.8881, 12.4816
Rome, Italy
Domus Aurea
The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.
41.8905, 12.4948
Rome, Italy
Via Appia
2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.
41.8675, 12.5028
Rome, Italy
Centrale Montemartini
Gods clash with machines in a power plant regenerated as a museum.
41.8672, 12.4791
Rome, Italy
Cloaca Maxima
The "Great Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.
41.8889, 12.4803
Rome, Italy
Tempietto at San Pietro in Montorio
More sculpture than building, this architecturally significant temple was built on the spot of Saint Peter's crucifixion.
41.8886, 12.4665
Rome, Italy
Passetto di Borgo
The Pope’s secret escape route.
41.9027, 12.4664
Rome, Italy
Pasticceria Boccione
In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.
41.8925, 12.4785
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