The subterranean sanctuary home to local shamans is a sacred site for people of all religions.

It's estimated that half of the world's gold was mined from South Africa's "golden arc."

Fascinating collection of Khoisan rock engravings, still situated in their original setting.

Sculpture park built by a 50-year-old widow.

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

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

Tiny pyrophyllite spheres from 3 billion years ago.

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

A giant concrete Brutalist water tower in suburban Johannesburg.

The original goat tower, the one that started it all.

South Africa's postal service began with a letter left in a boot beneath this tree.

Largest cave system in Africa.

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

Home to some of the oldest hominid fossils ever found.

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

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

Over a million items cram the shelves at Africa's largest shop of used and rare books.

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

Hidden in the hills is a mysterious stone structure, known only to a few.

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