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.

A sculpted indigenous garden featuring more than 60 works by Dylan Lewis.

The tallest waterfall in the region is named after a capital far, far away.

Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.

This urban park is home to monkeys and a number of endangered plants.

Kenya’s oldest town is more than 700 years old and home to 6,000 donkeys.

An open-air, roadside eatery celebrating a historic indigenous cuisine of complicated significance.

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

Final resting place of the immigrant who brought artificial seltzer water to America.

This beautiful Brooklyn monument over a crypt memorializes a grim and largely unknown story from the American Revolution.

The ballpark in "Pigtown" where the Brooklyn Dodgers made their name was replaced with a huge apartment complex.

The site of a fallen tree that protected Americans from British forces during the American Revolution.

This striking arch, one of the first architectural elements constructed in Prospect Park, was recently restored to its original glory.

This neo-Gothic former auto showroom is one of the few remaining reminders of Brooklyn's "Automobile Row."

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

Spectacular volcanic cliffs along the Crooked River invite hiking, rock climbing, and photography.

In one Santa Monica parking lot a mushroom cloud made of chains heralds a message of peace.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.