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

Home to some of the oldest hominid fossils ever found.

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

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

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.

Local lore says a serpent-like beast lurks in the deep basin below the falls.

A mesmerizing sculpture marks the site where the activist was arrested after evading capture for 17 months.

The bones of some 7,000 soldiers killed in the historic Battle of Solferino are stored here.

The city of Parma's cathedral is home to one of the greatest illusionistic frescoes of the Renaissance.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

This amazing medieval fortress stands atop a promontory along the famous Cinque Terre.

Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.

Artistic tombs, monuments, and a beautiful "Hall of Fame" lurk inside this cemetery.

Just across from the "Last Supper" painting is the famous painter's vineyard, a gift received for creating the masterpiece.

One of the most well-preserved castles in Italy also contains a rare medieval example of a port fortification.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.

An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.

Formerly Yugoslavia's "forbidden island," this sleepy little city still holds the abandoned remains of military strongholds.

Large, airy hallways hide within an impenetrable fortress that beckons urban explorers.

The only gulag ever to exist in socialist Yugoslavia.

Yugoslavia's biggest underground airport lies in ruins.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.