Step inside the first house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, considered to be one of the first Art Nouveau buildings.

This attraction is devoted to the wonders of steam power and features a replica of one of its most public disasters.

After a terrible drought, townspeople used wine to build this church.

This "Little Finland" started as a Finnish utopian society in Eastern Brazil.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

An enigmatic mural hiding in plain sight in one of São Paulo's busiest metro stations.

The pedestrian traffic signals in Brazil's teeming metropolis light up with clues to nearby landmarks.

A huge boat-shaped hotel with a blood red pool and other oddities.

One of São Paulo's tight urban intersections has become a haven for graffiti artists ever since a single Batman started the trend.

A large-scale steel sculpture entitled 'The Shadow Boxer' pays tribute to Nelson Mandela.

Despite many attempts to finish this overpass, it has been abandoned since the 1970s.

One of the tallest buildings in Africa provides a great view of Johannesburg's unique geography.

A supply store for traditional healers, this shop sells the hair of a dog--and its skin, skeleton, and reproductive organs, too.

Two giant painted cooling towers make for one of the world’s most epic bungee jumps.

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

Home to some of the oldest hominid fossils ever found.

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

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?

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

The tallest residential building in Africa is an unsettling Brutalist monolith.

An abandoned water park overtaken by the dunes.

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

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.