Places Dominik Wants to Go

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

Every animal in the torah taxidermied and crammed into a Brooklyn townhouse.

An abandoned water park overtaken by the dunes.

On the grounds of a game lodge, a path decorated with the skulls of all kinds of animals.

A vast and varied antique and vintage collection that borders on museum status.

A monument with a complex history dedicated to one of South Africa's greatest heroes.

Jurassic Park in South Africa.

A million years ago, our ancient ancestors were cooking with fire in this cave.

At one South African whaling station, this industrial extermination led to a feeding frenzy that may have even been a key inspiration for Jaws.

The Cape of Good Hope is not quite as low as you can go on the African continent, but it's still geographically significant.

Taxidermy of a famous hippo who spent three years walking over a thousand miles across South Africa.

This cave overlooking the Indian Ocean has been turned into a shelter and makeshift museum.

A giant concrete Brutalist water tower in suburban Johannesburg.

All that remains of a Japanese fishing vessel that ran aground in 1982.

A supply store for traditional healers, this shop sells the hair of a dog--and its skin, skeleton, and reproductive organs, too.

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

The subterranean sanctuary home to local shamans is a sacred site for people of all religions.

“The oddest pub in South Africa,” inspired by a practical joke.

South Africa's postal service began with a letter left in a boot beneath this tree.

The South African dialect's complex history is immortalized in stone, in one of the world's only monuments dedicated to a language.

An ancient impact crater on the outskirts of Pretoria.

The world's largest pineapple building honors Bathurst's favorite fruit.

Mined to a depth of 240 meters with a perimeter of about 1.6 km, the largest hand-dug excavation in the world.

The tallest residential building in Africa is an unsettling Brutalist monolith.