Baku, Azerbaijan
Museum of Miniature Books
A gigantic collection of teeny, tiny books.
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Baku, Azerbaijan
A gigantic collection of teeny, tiny books.
Baku, Azerbaijan
Mysterious hillside with a continuously burning natural fire.
Yerevan, Armenia
Despite producing just a handful of movies, a brave and lyrical filmmaker has an entire museum dedicated to him.
Dilijan, Armenia
The luxurious circular mansion built for a Communist leader now lies abandoned.
Byurakan, Armenia
Giant stone letters dedicated to the founder of Armenia's alphabet.
Arinj, Armenia
She asked for a potato cellar and over the next 23 years he gave her a network of holy caves.
Herat, Afghanistan
Museum dedicated to overthrowing the Soviets, complete with diorama of Soviets being beaten to death with shovels.
Kandahar, Afghanistan
Rock-cut chamber at top of an outcroup, reached by a mountain stairway of forty steps.
Shahrak, Afghanistan
200-foot-high minaret and only remnant of Afghanistan's lost city of the Turquoise Mountain.
Bamyan, Afghanistan
Once an impressive link to Afghanistan’s Buddhist past, now a sad reminder of intolerance towards other cultures.
Gagra, Georgia
The second-deepest known cave on Earth, hidden in an extremely remote mountain region.
Harare, Zimbabwe
These naturally balancing rocks were pictured on every Zimbabwean banknote, up to the 100 trillion-dollar note.
Lusaka, Zambia
Artifacts showcasing the witchy history of Zambia.
Victoria Falls, Zambia
The world's highest and most dangerous infinity pool lies at the precipice of Victoria Falls.
Lome, Togo
The Voodoo Superstore of the world.
Monduli, Tanzania
A salty red wasteland in Tanzania is a breeding spot for endangered flamingos.
Sudan
All that remains of Jacques Cousteau's 1960s underwater "village."
Saldanha, South Africa
At one South African whaling station, this industrial extermination led to a feeding frenzy that may have even been a key inspiration for Jaws.
Johannesburg, South Africa
A supply store for traditional healers, this shop sells the hair of a dog--and its skin, skeleton, and reproductive organs, too.
Paarl, South Africa
The South African dialect's complex history is immortalized in stone, in one of the world's only monuments dedicated to a language.
Kimberley, South Africa
Mined to a depth of 240 meters with a perimeter of about 1.6 km, the largest hand-dug excavation in the world.
Johannesburg, South Africa
The tallest residential building in Africa is an unsettling Brutalist monolith.
Ehlanzeni, South Africa
Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.
Cape Town, South Africa
An abandoned water park overtaken by the dunes.