Soweto, South Africa
Orlando Towers
Two giant painted cooling towers make for one of the world’s most epic bungee jumps.
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Soweto, South Africa
Two giant painted cooling towers make for one of the world’s most epic bungee jumps.
Ehlanzeni, South Africa
Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.
Cape Town, South Africa
Haven for Cape Fur Seals, until the Ring of Death of jumping Great White Sharks arrives.
Cape Town, South Africa
Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.
Cape Town, South Africa
This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.
Kunene Region, Namibia
Ancient artists in the middle of nowhere.
Namibia
Road signs in Namibia mark the location of one of the five major circles of latitude.
Windhoek, Namibia
A public display of prehistoric space rocks is named for the Namibian village where they were found.
Namibia
Bizarre living fossil only grows in a small chunk of the Namib Desert.
Sossusvlei, Namibia
This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.
Namibia
A desert that rolls right up to the ocean, where it's so dry animals live off the fog.
Qesm Siwah, Egypt
Source for a sizable portion of Egypt's freshwater supply is more than an optical illusion.
Chefchaouen, Morocco
Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.
Capriate San Gervasio, Italy
A massive mausoleum towers over the gravestones in a 19th-century Italian "model village."
Seville, Spain
The world's largest wooden structure.
Wieliczka, Poland
An underground city of salt.
Vilnius, Lithuania
An abandoned masterpiece of Soviet Brutalist architecture.
Vilnius, Lithuania
The Frank Zappa fan club erected this monument to their prog-rock hero to mark a new era of post-Soviet Lithuania.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Travelers who fall victim to this mermaid's charms are destined to stay in Užupis forever.
Vilnius, Lithuania
This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.
Meškuičių seniūnija, Lithuania
An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.
Riga, Latvia
This charming Latvian lane doubled as Baker Street on the Soviet Union’s version of Sherlock Holmes.
Riga, Latvia
The oldest housing complex in Riga is a mini timeline of architectural trends.