Nelson Mandela lived here with his family from 1946 until his arrest in 1962.

A 19th-century relic of timekeeping.

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

The first successful human heart transplant is depicted through wax figures at the hospital where it the surgery took place.

A sobering account of the vibrant multicultural neighborhood that was destroyed under apartheid.

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

These terracotta heads are among the oldest Iron Age objects found south of the equator.

Former 19th-century apothecary serves a top-tier version of Valencia's signature cocktail.

The legendary wooden horse that stands in modern Troy is a prop from the 2004 Wolfgang Petersen film.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

You can dig for your own 52-million-year-old fish fossils.

Beach instrument turned bed and breakfast.

The Acropolis house that became Modern Greece’s first university.

This post-Ottoman era church in Athens was built by locals to serve the residents of Anafiotica

The ruins of an important pilgrimage destination for worshippers of a Maya fertility goddess.

A melancholy guardian doubles as a judicious godmother to this small town cemetery.

An abandoned asylum incorporated into a college campus.

A faithful dog is forever watching over the family children.

From a 1930s bathing beach to a 1970s dumping ground, this stretch of Buenos Aires is now its largest and wildest reserve.

This is the birthplace of Vlad the Impaler Vlad III Dracul.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

Miners in Michigan developed a taste for Cornish beef pasties, which this roadside stand has been selling since 1947.

In an alley behind a Fargo bar, you can roleplay as Mario while interacting with a popular street mural.

This geodesic gallery holds a collection of painted spheres that make traditional canvases look lazy by comparison.