This monument sits at the foot of a mountain from which legend says enslaved people jumped to their deaths.

Dating back to 1812, this is the oldest racecourse in the Southern Hemisphere.

This small group of sand dunes manages to pack in a strange rainbow of colors.

Supposedly this Ethiopian chapel holds the Ark of the Covenant, guarded by virgins who cannot leave the building.

An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.

Ethiopia's "smoking mountain" is in one of the hottest regions on the planet and is home to two lava lakes.

The hottest place on the planet.

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.

An obelisk marks the spot where a British explorer's heart was buried before the rest of his body was transported to England.

The world's highest and most dangerous infinity pool lies at the precipice of Victoria Falls.

Ancient artists in the middle of nowhere.

Road signs in Namibia mark the location of one of the five major circles of latitude.

Bizarre living fossil only grows in a small chunk of the Namib Desert.

The largest known meteorite on Earth was too big to move.

This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.

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

An unmarked, overgrown path through dense vegetation leads to the largest ancient structure in Polynesia.

A museum now occupies the mansion in Samoa where the prolific Scottish writer chose to spend the last years of his life.

A site of natural wonder and flying coconuts in Samoa.

Inside this faux cave, visitors can learn how some of their favorite fantasy characters were created.

After the devastating 2011 earthquake, historic Christchurch begins to recover, starting with the pop-up Re:START mall.

High winds can make this one scary landing.

A charmingly old-fashioned reminder of the historic building's former life.

This preserved village shows the modest lifestyles of the area's 19th-century Chinese gold miners.