Soshanguve, South Africa
Tswaing Meteorite Crater
An ancient impact crater on the outskirts of Pretoria.
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Soshanguve, South Africa
An ancient impact crater on the outskirts of Pretoria.
Mossel Bay, South Africa
South Africa's postal service began with a letter left in a boot beneath this tree.
Howick, South Africa
Local lore says a serpent-like beast lurks in the deep basin below the falls.
Sun City, South Africa
A safari-themed castle in the South African bush with the largest maze in the southern hemisphere.
Gansbaai, South Africa
An odd little fishing town that is inundated by tourists looking to be locked up in a cage and surrounded by great white sharks, because why not?
Oudtshoorn, South Africa
Largest cave system in Africa.
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.
Duiwelskloof, South Africa
A South African bar inside a hollowed out 6,000-year-old Baobab.
Brisbane, Australia
Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.
Cowra, Australia
Final resting place for hundreds of prisoners of war.
North Coogee, Australia
The ruins of a once prosperous power station have become a mouldering seaside gem.
Sheffield, Australia
The once-dying town of Sheffield, Tasmania has reinvented itself as a village of painted wonders.
Ventnor, Australia
An unphotographable nightly march of tens of thousands of "fairy penguins" from sea to shore.
Australia
This pair of Australian "waterfalls" appear to be falling straight across the land.
Freycinet, Australia
One of the best beaches in the entire world.
Selçuk, Turkey
This beautiful train graveyard is one of the largest collections of steam locomotives in the Mediterranean and Europe.
La Pobla de Lillet, Spain
Famed architect Antoni Gaudi built this generous thank you gift to a friendly host who housed him during a job.
Canfranc, Spain
Abandoned Nazi train station turned underground astroparticle laboratory.
Oviedo, Spain
The atmospheric ruins of a historic church can be found on a hill above the city of Oviedo.
Ronda, Spain
One of the most spectacular bridges in Spain spans a narrow chasm that divides the city of Ronda.
Asturias, Spain
A historic Christian shrine nestled within a spectacular natural cave.
Portugalete, Spain
Two towns are linked by an engineering marvel masquerading as a boring suspension bridge.
Bellvei, Spain
Hidden well off the beaten path in Catalonia is this crumbling medieval castle that is slowly being covered in graffiti.