Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

This road winds through the steep coastal cliffside offering spectacular views for those who brave the drive.

This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.

The Cape of Good Hope is not quite as low as you can go on the African continent, but it's still geographically significant.

This small monument marks the divide between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans at the southernmost tip of Africa.

Despite many attempts to finish this overpass, it has been abandoned since the 1970s.

This vestige of Seychelles’s colonial past now resides in a busy intersection and didn’t chime for its first 96 years.

Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.

Alien rock formations grown from the sands of an Australian national park.

Visible from both land and sea.

The longest timber-piled jetty in the world has an underwater observatory.

Thousands of lawn gnomes have infested this Australian roundabout.

An iconic work of public art that lights up the downtown area.

These bronze sculptures sow whimsy by hamming it up on a pedestrian mall.

A clear example of the process of erosion in action.

Nine limestone rock stacks on Australia's "Shipwreck Coast."

Three women and a 10-year-old boy are immortalized in this sculpture memorializing the 13,000 women and children convicts sent to Van Diemen’s Land (now Tasmania) between 1803 and 1853.

This urban stream flowing underneath Tasmania's capital city is also an unofficial gallery for street artists.

Bronze statues honor the brave explorers who passed through this Antarctic gateway.

This simple sailing boat is one of the oldest preserved fishing vessels of its kind in the world.

The world's first cageless zoo is working to save endangered Tasmanian devils.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

A neon-illuminated statue of James Cook at the edge of a historical Auckland wharf makes for an unexpected discovery.