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

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?

Haven for Cape Fur Seals, until the Ring of Death of jumping Great White Sharks arrives.

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

This small roadside eatery exists in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, as the equator runs right through it.

The home of half the world's population of critically endangered mountain gorillas.

Sitting atop a rock on Michamvi Pingwe beach, this restaurant becomes its own island at high tide.

The largest game reserve in Africa is home to thousands of species but refuses to house humans.

After sunset the heart of Zanzibar's historic Stone Town neighborhood transforms into a culinary playground.

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

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.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

The shop where the girl who inspired the beloved character once bought sweets is now a book-themed commercial curiosity.

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.

At just 25 inches at its narrowest point, it's one of the tightest streets in the world.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

A marine aquarium with an astounding variety of fish hides in the basement beneath the famous Palm House.

The beloved beast's taxidermy remains sit in the Natural History Museum's cafe.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

The bridge is a secret gallery of discarded gum that has been transformed into miniature masterpieces.