This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.

Located more than 600 feet beneath sea level, this tunnel boasts the world's first undersea roundabout.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

A fire lookout atop a glacial pinnacle is reached by climbing three vertiginous flights of stairs.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

The haunting beauty of this little-visited wreck makes it a true hidden treasure.

Nelson Mandela lived here with his family from 1946 until his arrest in 1962.

The home of Mahatma Gandhi during part of the 21 years he spent living in South Africa is now a guest house.

A beautiful viewpoint on the Garden Route overlooking a naturally-occurring outline of Africa.

Brace yourself for the slowest, scariest, most spectacular drive, down the Drakensberg Escarpment.

The world's largest impact crater is mainly eroded but still remembers the planet's violent history.

This small monument marks the divide between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans at the southernmost tip of Africa.

A mesmerizing sculpture marks the site where the activist was arrested after evading capture for 17 months.

This road winds through the steep coastal cliffside offering spectacular views for those who brave the drive.

Caves that can't seem to quit producing the remains of prehistoric humans.

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?

Home to some of the oldest hominid fossils ever found.

Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.

A South African bar inside a hollowed out 6,000-year-old Baobab.

The ancient necropolis houses the immense rock-cut tombs of four Persian kings.