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Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.

This charming fountain honors Felix Salten, the creator of the iconic storybook deer.

A 200-year-old tavern challenges guests to finish a glass of wine while hanging from a ceiling beam.

One hundred years ago this small house in downtown Zürich became the birthplace of the Dada movement.

The home of Mahatma Gandhi during part of the 21 years he spent living in South Africa is now a guest house.

There is only one place in the world where the corners of four nations come together.

Wondrous stalactites house thousands of bats in these African caves.

Local legend has it that the first humans were created in the pools here, leaving their footprints behind in the rock.

The historic cave is both a symbol of superstition and black magic and inspired one of the early Christian converts in Botswana.

This trio of bronze giants celebrate the influential trip to Britain that led to Botswana's independence.

Spanning over 10,000 square miles, this ancient salt pan is one of the largest on the planet.

An enchanting rocky island of scraggly baobabs surrounded by an ancient sea and sprawling salt pans.

The Kenyan town where the best distance runners in the world are trained.

This colonial fort is an intriguing example of Renaissance military architecture.

Strange sandstone canyon known as the "place broken by itself."

Abandoned city hidden from the world by tropical forest and isolation on the coast of Kenya.

All that remains of a Japanese fishing vessel that ran aground in 1982.

Brace yourself for the slowest, scariest, most spectacular drive, down the Drakensberg Escarpment.

The world's largest impact crater is mainly eroded but still remembers the planet's violent history.

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

An ancient impact crater on the outskirts of Pretoria.

Caves that can't seem to quit producing the remains of prehistoric humans.

An odd little fishing town that is inundated by tourists looking to be locked up in a cage and surrounded by great white sharks, because why not?

These otherworldly caverns form Earth's oldest known cave system.