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

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

This 18th-century tower is locally iconic.

What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

This sculpture meant to honor the bravery of the Indigenous Mapuche people of Chile proved controversial.

105-foot wide giant metallic flower blooms anew every day in the heart of Buenos Aires.

A beautiful young girl said to have been buried alive in her coffin…

Buenos Aires' city of the dead contains some very famous remains, including Eva Perón.

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

A local museum honors the overlooked discoveries of Mary Anning, one of the first professional fossil hunters.

A museum based on the collection of a Victorian family. Housed in a remaining Victorian villa.

65 million-year-old chalk outcroppings mark the end of the Jurassic Coast.

This striking observation tower shaped like a spinnaker sail is the newest icon in historic Portsmouth.

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

London's marvelous wildfowl reserve along the Thames.

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

Chelsea's soldiers were given strict orders when crossing this historic bridge.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.