One of the largest ochre quarries in the world, hidden in a limestone landscape.

Sky ships, planes, and portraits left as unique tokens of hope and thankfulness.

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?

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

A growing popular hipster market with over 100 local specialties and live music.

A crypt believed by many Congolese to be a center of black magic.

Built by a North Korean team this monument to African dictator Laurent Kabila has a suspiciously Kim Jong Il shaped body.

Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.

The oldest known university in the world is in Fez, Morocco.

Traditional 11th-century outdoor tannery.

Thousands of narrow alleyways in an ancient medieval city make up what's believed to be the world's largest car-free urban zone.

The other side is actually green.

An awe-inspiring mosque in Morocco with one of the tallest minarets in the world.

Vast stretch of tide-pools with a unique Moroccan charm.

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

Despite a fraught and controversial history this African island holds a powerful monument to the tragedy of the slave trade.

This deceptively salty lake looks like blushing pink lemonade.

An island made out of shells, including a cemetery.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

The Laureates here get something even more coveted than a Nobel Prize: free parking for life.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.