Places MeanderingMind Wants to Go

Rocky Atlantic beach home to a stunning stone arch.

World's largest film studio, where visitors tour the decaying sets that litter the harsh desert environment.

The other side is actually green.

It took 40 years to build this Eden-like garden in Marrakech, later restored by Yves Saint-Laurent.

A large-scale steel sculpture entitled 'The Shadow Boxer' pays tribute to Nelson Mandela.

Brace yourself for the slowest, scariest, most spectacular drive, down the Drakensberg Escarpment.

The haunting beauty of this little-visited wreck makes it a true hidden treasure.

A giant concrete Brutalist water tower in suburban Johannesburg.

The subterranean sanctuary home to local shamans is a sacred site for people of all religions.

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

Mined to a depth of 240 meters with a perimeter of about 1.6 km, the largest hand-dug excavation in the world.

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

The world's largest pineapple building honors Bathurst's favorite fruit.

These otherworldly caverns form Earth's oldest known cave system.

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

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

Hidden in the hills is a mysterious stone structure, known only to a few.

A South African bar inside a hollowed out 6,000-year-old Baobab.

Rare pigmented engravings cover the walls of this Stone Age shelter.

A stone memorial marks the spot where the fighting of World War I finally ceased—three days after the armistice was signed in Europe.

One of the largest concentrations of rock paintings in Southern Africa.

This fascinating cave is packed with prehistoric rock art and Stone Age tools.

The petrified remains of 150-million-year-old trees can be seen in and among the houses of the local villagers.

Zambia's smallest national park is home to one of the world's largest annual mammal migrations.