The world’s first museum dedicated to exploring human rights unleashed a wave of controversy.

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

Despite many attempts to finish this overpass, it has been abandoned since the 1970s.

Home to some of the oldest hominid fossils ever found.

This road winds through the steep coastal cliffside offering spectacular views for those who brave the drive.

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

Rub it for a bit of good luck.

A narrow strip of land is home to the tallest migrating dunes in Europe.

This 135-year-old weather station studied the effects of the climate on human health.

The only thing these street signs will help you navigate is your imagination.

Where experiments are conducted on all things wood.

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

The ruins of the first Spanish settlement in Puerto Rico.

A dream-like maze full of strange art, surreal spaces, and fantasy landscapes to get lost in.

This friendly fellow was built to honor an advancement in mineral processing.

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

This strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.