Over a million items cram the shelves at Africa's largest shop of used and rare books.

Nelson Mandela lived here with his family from 1946 until his arrest in 1962.

Two giant painted cooling towers make for one of the world’s most epic bungee jumps.

The site of a legendary battle immortalized in medieval literature.

The eclectic observatory castle of a 19th-century astronomer and explorer.

This tiny river island switches sovereignty every six months as part of a rare, centuries-old agreement.

At the foot of an active volcano sits a church miraculously spared by its lava.

This Cambodian riverbed is covered in ancient Hindu carvings both above and below the waters.

This collection of reclaimed landmines acts as both an exhibition of their deadly history and as a shelter for children affected by them.

A gruesome memorial for those lost in this area during the Khmer Rouge genocide.

Take a hidden path to the mouth of the cave to watch millions of bats swarm at sunset.

Limestone caves in the Cambodian countryside, once the site of genocide, now a place of peaceful beauty.

One of the biggest markets in Asia, under one of the continent's largest domes.

A boat ride through utter darkness, lit only by headlamps, reveals an emerald green pool locals believe is sacred.

Villagers have recycled bomber fuel tanks from the Vietnam War and turned them into very, very strong boats.

Buried in the Laos jungle is a sanctuary for bears that would have otherwise been milked to death by poachers.

This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.

Abandoned limestone cave was once a sacred place of worship.

Thousands of effigies of Buddha watch from caves set high above a legendary river, plus whiskey.

Where an entire elephant skeleton, a snakeskin table runner, and thousands of animal remains become art.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.

Hoax, mistake, or evidence of dinosaurs in human times?

It is believed that the historic tower is sinking at a rate of an inch a year, though no one is completely sure why.