Pyongyang, North Korea
Victorious Fatherland War Museum
A vast museum devoted to North Korea's victories against its imperialist enemies.
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Pyongyang, North Korea
A vast museum devoted to North Korea's victories against its imperialist enemies.
Pyongyang, North Korea
Pyongyang’s Arch of Triumph is the second tallest triumphal arch in the world.
Pyongyang, North Korea
A giant bronze monument to Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il is one of the most sacred sites in North Korea.
Pyongyang, North Korea
A symbol of the Workers' Party of North Korea.
Pyongyang, North Korea
A former palace transformed into a mausoleum for North Korea's supreme leaders.
North Pyongan Province, North Korea
A bizarre collection of gifts to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il from the despots of the world.
Lekki, Nigeria
This Nigerian nature reserve is home to the longest canopy walkway in Africa.
Lagos, Nigeria
What started as makeshift fishermen's housing has grown into a massive, floating community.
Ohum, Nigeria
The waters of these secluded falls are said to have healing powers.
Abuja, Nigeria
This igneous rock monolith towers above the surrounding landscape just outside the Nigerian capital.
Kano, Nigeria
Walk through history in a palace that has seen centuries of Muslim rulers.
N'Guigmi, Niger
The world's most remote memorial to the victims of the UTA Flight 772 disaster.
Tchirozérine, Niger
The most remote tree in the world survived desertification, but not a drunk truck driver.
Agadez, Niger
The tallest mud-brick structure in the world has been standing since the 1500s.
Nauru
"The country that ate itself."
El Encanto, Nicaragua
This group of small islands on Lake Nicaragua formed after an eruption of the Mombacho volcano.
Managua, Nicaragua
A crumbling cathedral condemned by an earthquake.
Nicaragua
The youngest volcano in Central America.
El Jalacate, Nicaragua
Located in the mountains of Nicaragua, one man has spent most of life beautifying a massive cliff by hand.
Maputo, Mozambique
From neon green watering holes to bleached elephant foetuses, this Mozambique museum makes natural history weird.
Kumbor, Montenegro
Relics designed to contain and conceal Yugoslavian submarines.
Montenegro
A tiny church on a man-made island in the Adriatic.
Kotor, Montenegro
These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.
Škaljari, Montenegro
This World War I fortress is the perfect place to catch a Montenegrin sunset.