Cape Town, South Africa
The Most Southwestern Point of Africa
The Cape of Good Hope is not quite as low as you can go on the African continent, but it's still geographically significant.
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Cape Town, South Africa
The Cape of Good Hope is not quite as low as you can go on the African continent, but it's still geographically significant.
Omaha, Nebraska
Haunted dolls, macabre artifacts, and more make up the collection of the “most haunted museum in the world.”
Lisbon, Portugal
The scorched Lisbon church that survived two earthquakes and a massive fire.
Springfield, Massachusetts
This 15-foot-tall sculpture stands vigil at the back entrance to the largest public park in western Massachusetts.
Durman, Tajikistan
Right beyond the Uzbekistan-Tajikistan border lies the oldest human settlement in Central Asia.
Cologne, Germany
The bones of the Biblical Magi traveled to Constantinople and Milan before landing in their current home inside an elaborate golden reliquary in the Cologne Cathedral.
Paris, France
The French leader's hat sits in a glass case at the oldest restaurant in Paris.
Zaragoza, Spain
The Museum of the Forum of Caesar Augusta showcases the city's ancient Roman sewage system.
Tokyo, Japan
A glimpse into life in 1830s Tokyo, back during the heyday of the Tokugawa shogunate.
Nagoya, Japan
The location of the site of one of the defining battles of feudal Japan is being fought over by two neighboring cities.
Birgu, Malta
For over two centuries, this palace served as a residence for the Holy Roman Inquisition's leaders, a courthouse, and a prison.
Mellieħa, Malta
These purpose-built WWII air raid shelters, which run half a kilometer under the town of Mellieħa, are among the longest in Malta.
Naples, Italy
Does this church in Naples hold the true tomb of Vlad the Impaler, the notoriously cruel figure who inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula?
Ashland, Nebraska
Once a slice of Cold War-era military history, this museum is finding its future in the stars.
Winter Park, Florida
An Orlando museum houses the world’s most comprehensive collection of work by Louis Comfort Tiffany.
Belgrade, Serbia
Memorial to the 89 children killed during the NATO bombing of Serbia.
Hainesport, New Jersey
A giant scrap metal troll rests his hands on top of a dilapidated building covered in graffiti.
Granada, Spain
A museum dedicated to the centuries-old cave dwellings that housed marginalized communities on the outskirts of the former capital of Muslim Spain.
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
A vertical tube that allows you to see what's going on underneath the Antarctic sea ice.
Belle Fourche, South Dakota
Despite monuments in other locations, this spot in a South Dakota field is recognized by the U.S. National Geodetic Survey as the center of the 50 states.
Ras Angela, Tunisia
The northernmost point of continental Africa—or is it?
Damascus, Syria
Also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, this is one of the world's largest and oldest mosques.
Gurgulyat, Bulgaria
While it would not look out of place among Serbian spomeniks, this massive Bulgarian monument commemorates one of their defeats.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
This building is a recreation of the gatehouse that separated Los Alamos from the outside world during the era of the Manhattan Project.