Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

An ode to "The Queen of Appalachia."

This chestnut box will not be opened until the country music legend's 100th birthday in 2046.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

Environmentally crucial raptors like eagles and vultures are kept and protected in this massive sanctuary.

Wondrous stalactites house thousands of bats in these African caves.

Ten shipwreck-shaped chalets lie along the sand dunes on Namibia’s Skeleton Coast.

Ancient artists in the middle of nowhere.

Held in a fort that once stood for colonization of the area, this museum now tells the history of its indigenous people.

Hitch a boat ride to dine on stilts while watching wildlife.

A desert that rolls right up to the ocean, where it's so dry animals live off the fog.

A rustic place to spend the night, complete with amazing quiver trees and outsider art.

A rare cluster of alien-like plants grows along a dusty highway.

This small island off Lambert's Bay is home to more than 2,000 Cape gannets and is the only such breeding colony open to the public.

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?

The South African dialect's complex history is immortalized in stone, in one of the world's only monuments dedicated to a language.

The original goat tower, the one that started it all.

This historic observatory was established to keep shipwrecks from littering the Cape of Good Hope.

In this pristine Ecuadorian hippie town, residents remain active well into their eighties and nineties.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.

Colorful, cheeky signs spill out of legendary New Orleans folk artist Dr. Bob's Bywater studio warning you to "Be Nice—Or Leave."

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.