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

This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.

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

The South African dialect's complex history is immortalized in stone, in one of the world's only monuments dedicated to a language.

The original goat tower, the one that started it all.

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

Over a million items cram the shelves at Africa's largest shop of used and rare books.

Over 60 species of birds inhabit this colorful aviary park in South Africa.

A safari-themed castle in the South African bush with the largest maze in the southern hemisphere.

Local lore says a serpent-like beast lurks in the deep basin below the falls.

Unfinished monument to peace between Turkey and Armenia, long divided by a dispute over genocide.

An abused and forgotten metropolis, abandoned for centuries.

Standing proud atop a Turkish bluff, this Ottoman palace has retained its grandeur despite being abandoned for centuries.

An ancient church on a tiny island covered in stone bible stories has controversially been turned into a museum.

A recently-abandoned international exhibition center.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

Check out a hidden collection of vintage neon signs.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

Chefs from Tibet's Kham region offer steaming meat pies and noodle soups in this nook behind a jewelry store.

For over 30 years the walls of this Harlem schoolyard have been a gallery of street art by "Kings and better."

Rare moles meet activism at this Oaxacan eatery.