Oudtshoorn, South Africa
Cango Caves
Largest cave system in Africa.
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Oudtshoorn, South Africa
Largest cave system in Africa.
Bathurst, South Africa
The world's largest pineapple building honors Bathurst's favorite fruit.
Kimberley, South Africa
Mined to a depth of 240 meters with a perimeter of about 1.6 km, the largest hand-dug excavation in the world.
Mogale, South Africa
Home to some of the oldest hominid fossils ever found.
Soweto, South Africa
Two giant painted cooling towers make for one of the world’s most epic bungee jumps.
Nhlagano, Eswatini
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?
Nagasaki, Japan
Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.
Singapore
Three Malay graves are at the center of an annual pilgrimage that reflects syncretic practices.
Kazanlak, Bulgaria
An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.
New York, New York
This abandoned caretaker's apartment is one of 13 left in the New York Public Library system.
New York, New York
This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.
Cairo, Egypt
An ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood.
Luxor, Egypt
These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.
Somalia
The world's largest bioluminescent area was undiscovered by science until 2005.
Yemen
The most alien-looking place on Earth.
Jiblah, Yemen
One of Yemen’s oldest and most beautiful mosques was named for the incredible, historical queen buried inside it.
Sana'a, Yemen
Yemen's "Stone Palace" looks like it was carved right out of the tall stone column on which it is built.
Kyiv, Ukraine
A collection of miniature, symbolic sculptures hides in plain sight across Kyiv.
Odessa, Ukraine
Featured in one of the most iconic scenes in cinema history.
Lviv, Ukraine
A peculiarly shaped brass sculpture hidden in a courtyard in central Lviv
Kyiv, Ukraine
This underground transport hub doubles as an art gallery.
Lviv, Ukraine
World's largest crossword puzzle spans the side of a towerblock, its clues scattered throughout the city.
Kyiv, Ukraine
The deepest metro station in the world.
Hodovytsya, Ukraine
The ruins of an abandoned church loom within a picturesque Ukranian village.