Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

One of New Zealand’s few castles boasts beautiful gardens, grand architecture, and a history filled with family drama.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

High winds can make this one scary landing.

A well-known Japanese musician’s all-night concert on this island is immortalized by an unusual work of art.

This arch made out of whale bones is a remnant of South Africa's whaling history.

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

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

A memorial to the only dog ever officially enlisted in the Royal Navy.

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

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

Ancient artists in the middle of nowhere.

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

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.

Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.

This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.

Now containing the bones of the actual conquistador, instead of someone else.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.

Built on the remains of one the Incas’ most important gathering spots, this square keeps the spirit of a fallen empire alive.

The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.

A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.

A chilly monument dedicated to the French explorer, Jean-Baptiste Charcot.