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MissBez

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Cango Caves

Oudtshoorn, South Africa

Cango Caves

Largest cave system in Africa.

The Big Pineapple.

Bathurst, South Africa

The Big Pineapple

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

The Big Hole. (Richard Jones/Atlas Obscura)

Kimberley, South Africa

Big Hole and Open Mine Museum

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

Cradle of Humankind

Mogale, South Africa

Cradle of Humankind

Home to some of the oldest hominid fossils ever found.

Orlando Towers

Soweto, South Africa

Orlando Towers

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

The Nhlagano royal loo

Nhlagano, Eswatini

British Royal Party Platform

This dais was said to be a remote toilet built for the convenience of the British Royal Party on their brief, and only, visit to this small African nation in 1947. But is the story true?

Gunkanjima Island

Nagasaki, Japan

Gunkanjima Island

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

Altar to the God of Fortune.
Permanently Closed

Singapore

Keramat Kusu

Three Malay graves are at the center of an annual pilgrimage that reflects syncretic practices.

Buzludzha Monument

Kazanlak, Bulgaria

Buzludzha Monument

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.

The back bedroom.

New York, New York

Secret Apartment in the Fort Washington Library

This abandoned caretaker's apartment is one of 13 left in the New York Public Library system.

5 Beekman Street

New York, New York

5 Beekman Street

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

The nilometer of Rhoda Island near Cairo

Cairo, Egypt

Nilometer

An ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood.

The Colossi of Memnon, battered by time and accidental Roman damage.

Luxor, Egypt

Colossi of Memnon

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

Long exposure image of bioluminescence of Noctiluca scintillans in the yacht port of Zeebrugge, Belgium

Somalia

The Milky Seas

The world's largest bioluminescent area was undiscovered by science until 2005.

Socotra Island

Yemen

Socotra Island

The most alien-looking place on Earth.

Queen Arwa Mosque.

Jiblah, Yemen

Queen Arwa Mosque

One of Yemen’s oldest and most beautiful mosques was named for the incredible, historical queen buried inside it.

Dar al-Hajar

Sana'a, Yemen

Dar al-Hajar

Yemen's "Stone Palace" looks like it was carved right out of the tall stone column on which it is built.

Kyiv Car.

Kyiv, Ukraine

'Shukai'

A collection of miniature, symbolic sculptures hides in plain sight across Kyiv.

The "Potemkin Stairs" in Odessa, Ukraine.

Odessa, Ukraine

Potemkin Stairs

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

Beer Belly of Ukraine

Lviv, Ukraine

Beer Belly of Ukraine

A peculiarly shaped brass sculpture hidden in a courtyard in central Lviv

Osokorky Metro Station.

Kyiv, Ukraine

Osokorky Metro Station

This underground transport hub doubles as an art gallery.

Giant Crossword of Lviv

Lviv, Ukraine

Giant Crossword of Lviv

World's largest crossword puzzle spans the side of a towerblock, its clues scattered throughout the city.

The never-ending escalator ride.

Kyiv, Ukraine

Arsenalna Metro Station

The deepest metro station in the world.

Interior of the All Saints Church.

Hodovytsya, Ukraine

All Saints Church

The ruins of an abandoned church loom within a picturesque Ukranian village.

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