Dakar, Senegal
African Renaissance Monument
This giant statue is the product of a mixture of corruption, Stalinist architecture, and North Korean manpower.
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Dakar, Senegal
This giant statue is the product of a mixture of corruption, Stalinist architecture, and North Korean manpower.
Porto, Portugal
The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.
Saryazd, Iran
This ancient fortress in Iran was once the oldest and largest treasury in the world.
Lome, Togo
The Voodoo Superstore of the world.
Cotonou, Benin
Africa's Venice on stilts.
Pushkar, India
There are millions of temples in India, but only one prominent temple dedicated to the Hindu creator god.
Bolgatanga, Ghana
Topless shrine of northern Ghana.
Accra, Ghana
The clever workshop that has been designing some of the most unusual coffins imaginable.
Assin South, Ghana
This series of rope-style bridges brings visitors into a jungle layer that is usually reserved for birds and monkeys.
L'Agulhas, South Africa
This small monument marks the divide between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans at the southernmost tip of Africa.
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Built by a North Korean team this monument to African dictator Laurent Kabila has a suspiciously Kim Jong Il shaped body.
Dakar, Senegal
Despite a fraught and controversial history this African island holds a powerful monument to the tragedy of the slave trade.
Cape Coast, Ghana
Where thousands of slaves passed through the "Door of No Return."
Ouidah, Benin
Dozens of snakes are housed and worshipped within the walls of this Vodun temple.
Larabanga, Ghana
The first mosque in Ghana is known as the "Mecca of West Africa."
Bern, Switzerland
Natural history museum displaying a famous taxidermied St. Bernard.
Beijing, China
This Chinese museum proves that it's a watermelon world, we're all just living in it.
Detroit, Michigan
The collection of ceremonial and cultural objects spans many countries and hundreds of years.
Essen, Germany
Tucked away in a small German apartment is an eclectic museum devoted to West African vodun culture.
Essen, Germany
The monumental home of Prussia’s eccentric "Cannon King."
Barcelona, Spain
This Funeral Hearse Museum represents the finest in cadaver transportation.
Barcelona, Spain
Step inside the first house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, considered to be one of the first Art Nouveau buildings.
Barcelona, Spain
A temple to modernity, tucked away amid Barcelona's more well known museums.