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 growing popular hipster market with over 100 local specialties and live music.

This historic observatory was established to keep shipwrecks from littering the Cape of Good Hope.

For centuries, Jeddah’s old town was a major trading port and a point of entry for Hajj pilgrims traveling by sea.

This century-old site established by King Mwezi Gisabo preserves the art of Burundi's ancient drum rituals.

One of the capital's last independent milk bars remains a crucial community watering hole.

An aeronautical-themed resort forged around rusty relics from the golden age of air travel.

This monument sits at the foot of a mountain from which legend says enslaved people jumped to their deaths.

Did Gustav Eiffel design this enigmatic metal building?

The site where the Emperor of Korea performed the long-forbidden "rite of heaven" to demonstrate his absolute sovereignty.

The supreme shrine of the state.

A remnant of Korea's colonial past lies forgotten in a hip neighborhood in Seoul.

A symbol of hope, survival, and national character, especially after it rose phoenix like from the flames.

A remote and picturesque volcano nestled inside another volcano.

Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.

A suburban street in Anchorage doubles as a runway, and each home has its own airplane hangar.

Church built on the site where the last tsar of Russia and his family were killed.

At 72 feet below sea level, it's the lowest commercial airport in the world.

This sprawling market is a one-stop shop for traditional Kazakh foods, from mare’s milk to sheep’s head.

In Kazakhstan, a colorful cathedral with many lives once survived the most powerful earthquake in the region.

A "station to nowhere" marks the site of a Siberian subway project that never saw the light of day.

Featured in one of the most iconic scenes in cinema history.

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

At less than four inches in height, this iconic fictional character is the smallest public statue in all of Moldova.