This Dakar museum exhibits artworks and artifacts honoring the daily lives of Senegalese women.

This tiny, tranquil Senegalese island serves as a powerful symbol of the Atlantic slave trade.

An island made out of shells, including a cemetery.

A tiny island home to a former English slave fort.

A unique, eye-catching statue that carries an important message of hope.

A tree seems to grow from the ocean floor on this strange strip of sand slowly being overtaken by the sea.

A 19th-century architectural masterpiece with ties to Gustave Eiffel.

This deceptively salty lake looks like blushing pink lemonade.

What was once believed to be a church floor turned out to be the artwork of geology.

Established hundreds of years ago, Gandan remains the premier Buddhist monastery in Ulaanbaatar.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

Below the altar in Saint-Willibrord Basilica rests the mortal remains of Luxembourg's patron saint.

The second-largest giant sequoia in the world.

César Baldaccini's iconic sculpture of a 40-foot thumb stands tall in La Défense.

One of the oldest family businesses in Reykjavík serves lamb-based hot dogs.

Internet rumors, often involving Icelandic singer Bjork, have abounded regarding this isolated outcrop of rock.

A melancholy jester sits on the grave of a famous 20th-century ballet dancer and choreographer.

The ruins of a sixth-century monastery sit on the banks of the River Shannon.

The monastery survived the Communist revolution in Mongolia as a religious museum.

For more than two centuries, this family-run establishment has been serving up some of Ireland's best oysters.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

This church also serves as a lighthouse complete with a beacon.

During the Soviet era, the spire of this longstanding church was used as a radio transmission tower.

The post-apocalyptic remnants of a bucolic town ruined by a plane crash.