A natural arch offers panoramic views of Yangshuo's karst hills.

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

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

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

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

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

The world's largest pineapple building honors Bathurst's favorite fruit.

Local lore says a serpent-like beast lurks in the deep basin below the falls.

Mined to a depth of 240 meters with a perimeter of about 1.6 km, the largest hand-dug excavation in the world.

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

A safari-themed castle in the South African bush with the largest maze in the southern hemisphere.

Home to some of the oldest hominid fossils ever found.

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

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

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

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.

Mountain where Jesus was first tempted by the Devil.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.