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

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

Home to some of the oldest hominid fossils ever found.

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

One person's lost luggage is another person's treasure.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

This "Plant Farm Museum" is home to the divinely inspired and visionary outsider artwork of Reverend Howard Finster.

A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

Frozen in Norway, vended in Singapore.

Performers, intricate sets, and a real speakeasy tell the story of the 18th Amendment.

An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.

A unique museum dedicated to the Gullah-Geechee people, housed within an old oyster cannery.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

The "last unrestored grand mansion of Savannah" is now a cramped, mouldering maze of antiques.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie The Fugitive can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.