Just outside of Nairobi lies a large estate surrounded by endangered Rothschild giraffes, who have been fed from the window by Mick Jagger and Walter Cronkite.

Get tall with nature's lankiest beasts and their warthog friends at this Kenyan preserve.

Eritrea's futuristic gas station is a nod to Italy's fascist history.

A salt lake dotted with steaming limestone chimneys.

An ocean in the making, in the Ethiopian desert.

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.

An entertainment center in a huge transparent tent.

A modern tower, symbolizing the legend of a golden egg on top of the tree of life.

Iconic pyramid from famed British architect Norman Foster designed to represent all of the world's religious faiths.

One of the most horrible legacies of the Cold War is a site where the Soviet Union tested nuclear bombs on civilians.

Tucked away along a riverbend in an area known for its uranium mines is one of the world's tallest locks.

The world's foremost museum dedicated entirely to the abacus.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

The tallest hotel in Europe.

This massive glowering Lenin head gazes out over eastern Siberia.

Thanks to a spelling mistake this bizarre beaver-tiger hybrid became the symbol of a Siberian town.

A jagged silhouette of shamanistic stone heaps rises from the shore of this dazzling mile-high lake.

A beloved tribute to the Fab Four and the freedoms they inspired.

A huge communist-era propaganda monument and mural that offers stunning views of the Mongolian capital.

Enormous statue of the Emperor of the Mongols.

The birthplace of the very first human resident born in Antarctica.

Russian Orthodox church built on an Antarctic island.

One of the world's southernmost bars.