The largest known meteorite on Earth was too big to move.

Hundreds of tree trunks and Welwitschia flowers populate this living fossil haven.

Ancient artists in the middle of nowhere.

Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.

A desert that rolls right up to the ocean, where it's so dry animals live off the fog.

This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.

Bizarre living fossil only grows in a small chunk of the Namib Desert.

Road signs in Namibia mark the location of one of the five major circles of latitude.

Despite many attempts to finish this overpass, it has been abandoned since the 1970s.

This small monument marks the divide between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans at the southernmost tip of Africa.

Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.

The world's largest impact crater is mainly eroded but still remembers the planet's violent history.

Not only does this shop sell mokorotlo, the traditional hat of Lesotho, the building is shaped like one.

Just outside Lesotho's capital city, a rock formation takes the shape of a powerful predator.

This sandstone plateau once served as a stronghold for Lesotho's King Moshoeshoe I and his subjects.

Caves that can't seem to quit producing the remains of prehistoric humans.

Home to some of the oldest hominid fossils ever found.

The pedestrian traffic signals in Brazil's teeming metropolis light up with clues to nearby landmarks.

This singular art museum in São Paulo is unique inside and out.

Even after multiple failed attempts to be hanged, Chaguinhas was still alive, making people believe it was a miracle.

The sister plane of the C-123 shot down during the Iran-Contra Affair has found a new purpose in retirement.

Legend says if this neo-Gothic basilica is ever officially completed, the world will come to an end.

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.