Oudtshoorn, South Africa
Cango Caves
Largest cave system in Africa.
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Oudtshoorn, South Africa
Largest cave system in Africa.
Montrichard Val de Cher, France
Miles of man-made caves and tunnels are currently used for cultivating mushrooms.
Kimberley, South Africa
Mined to a depth of 240 meters with a perimeter of about 1.6 km, the largest hand-dug excavation in the world.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?
Cape Town, South Africa
This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.
Ironbridge, England
This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.
Brussels, Belgium
Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.
Moscow, Russia
A sculpture park of the tossed aside relics of the USSR, from Stalin to a massive Soviet emblem.
Helsinki, Finland
An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.
Moscow, Russia
Former headquarters of the KGB.
Vienna, Austria
Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.
Whitby, England
The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.
Tallinn, Estonia
An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.
Cairo, Egypt
In Egypt's expanding metro area, many of the neighbors are dead.
Kyiv, Ukraine
340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.
Enontekiö, Finland
This lake-bound geographical marker sits at the point where three European countries intersect.
Besançon, France
One of the world's most complex timepieces.
Nuremberg, Germany
This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.
Harrogate, England
Astonishing rock formations dot the Brimham Moor landscape.
Brussels, Belgium
This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."
Postojna, Slovenia
The "dragon babies" of southeastern Europe.
Great Missenden, England
This magical museum celebrates the life and work of a seminal children's book writer (and occasional spy).
Pyongyang, North Korea
North Korea's massive "hotel of doom."
Copenhagen, Denmark
Beneath Denmark's Højbro bridge, a bronze merman and his seven sons forever mourn for the mother and wife who left them for land.