People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

A tiny island home to a former English slave fort.

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

This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.

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

This giant statue is the product of a mixture of corruption, Stalinist architecture, and North Korean manpower.

The world's largest church atop a political fault line.

Where thousands of slaves passed through the "Door of No Return."

This series of rope-style bridges brings visitors into a jungle layer that is usually reserved for birds and monkeys.

At Ghana's largest wildlife refuge you feel like you're right in the animals' backyard.

Africa's Venice on stilts.

Dozens of snakes are housed and worshipped within the walls of this Vodun temple.

Buenos Aires' city of the dead contains some very famous remains, including Eva Perón.

Nimrod Polar Expedition base, and home to hundred-year-old frozen whisky.

The place of worship erected not once, but three times in one of the most desolate places on Earth.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.

A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.

The corpse bride of Portugal.

Antarctica's bustling metropolis, originally established by Richard E. Byrd.