Home to some of the oldest hominid fossils ever found.

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

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

Road signs in Namibia mark the location of one of the five major circles of latitude.

Bizarre living fossil only grows in a small chunk of the Namib Desert.

This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.

A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.

The inspiration for the Patagonia Clothing logo, Cerro Fitz Roy turns pink at sunrise.

Conifers from the Jurassic Period transformed into stone in Patagonia.

Massive rock sculptures formed during the time of the dinosaurs still stand undisturbed.

This stunning mass of ice spans 121 square miles and is still growing.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

A 70,000-square-foot institution dedicated to a very literal, creationist perspective on the Book of Genesis.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

These Australian rock formations look like Martian beehives that have grown up out of the landscape.

This Australian beach is composed of tiny shells.

Living fossils in this remote Australian bay provide a glimpse of what Earth may have looked like 3.5 billion years ago.

A massive concentration of algae is responsible for this lake's pink hue.

Alien rock formations grown from the sands of an Australian national park.

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

This futuristic German television spire is actually the world's largest digital clock.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.