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Neighbourgoods Market, Braamfontein Precinct, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Johannesburg, South Africa

Neighbourgoods Market

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

Orlando Towers

Soweto, South Africa

Orlando Towers

Two giant painted cooling towers make for one of the world’s most epic bungee jumps.

Bourke's Luck Potholes

Ehlanzeni, South Africa

Bourke's Luck Potholes

Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.

Cango Caves

Oudtshoorn, South Africa

Cango Caves

Largest cave system in Africa.

The 600-year-old milkwood tree.

Mossel Bay, South Africa

The Post Office Tree

South Africa's postal service began with a letter left in a boot beneath this tree.

Cape Agulhas.

L'Agulhas, South Africa

Cape Agulhas Marker

This small monument marks the divide between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans at the southernmost tip of Africa.

Shark Cage Diving in Gansbaai

Gansbaai, South Africa

Shark Cage Diving in Gansbaai

An odd little fishing town that is inundated by tourists looking to be locked up in a cage and surrounded by great white sharks, because why not?

The District Six museum.

Cape Town, South Africa

District Six Museum

A sobering account of the vibrant multicultural neighborhood that was destroyed under apartheid.

Higher-altitude view of Bo Kaap

Cape Town, South Africa

Bo Kaap

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

Boulders Beach Penguin Sanctuary

Cape Town, South Africa

Boulders Beach Penguin Sanctuary

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

Seal Island

Cape Town, South Africa

Seal Island

Haven for Cape Fur Seals, until the Ring of Death of jumping Great White Sharks arrives.

A 1 in 20 year capture of the tubes with water, seeped in from the rising water table.

Mount Surprise, Australia

Undara Lava Tubes

White cockroaches and other cave species occupy this massive series of lava tubes.

Paronella Park

Mena Creek, Australia

Paronella Park

A castle hand-built by a Spanish dreamer in the Australian tropical jungle.

One of many cases of butterflies at the Daintree Entomological Museum.

Diwan, Australia

Daintree Entomological Museum

Australia's largest collection of rare and bizarre insects.

Crocodile keeper George Craig feeding Cassius

Green Island, Australia

Marineland Melanesia

Home of the world's largest crocodile.

The Dingo Flour sign on the side of a silo.

North Fremantle, Australia

Dingo Flour Sign

Visible from both land and sea.

Tom Edwards Memorial Fountain.

Fremantle, Australia

Tom Edwards Memorial Fountain

A monument to a working class martyr.

C.Y. O'Connor Horse and Rider

North Coogee, Australia

C.Y. O'Connor Horse and Rider

This drowning bronze monument marks the spot where one of Australia's great engineers died by suicide.

(Flickr/antwerpenR)

Hong Kong

Kowloon Walled City Park

Remnants of the most densely packed city in world history, that thrived on anarchy for 30 years.

Shelley Street and Elgin Street intersection

Hong Kong

Central-Mid-Levels Escalators

The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system transports commuters through Hong Kong's hilly terrain.

Boat dweller wearing a traditional hat
Permanently Closed

Hong Kong

Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter

A small subculture of boat dwellers keep their traditional way of living alive at this Hong Kong Typhoon Shelter.

Noonday Gun

Hong Kong

Noonday Gun

This naval gun is fired every day at noon, an odd timekeeping tradition the origin of which is local legend.

Chunking Mansions malls.

Hong Kong

Chungking Mansions

Teeming with illegal goods and services, this towering maze of vice is also a popular tourist accommodation.

Atomic Bomb Dome

Hiroshima, Japan

Hiroshima Peace Memorial

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

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