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

This skeleton-filled altar piece served as a backdrop to one of the most iconic scenes in "The Sound of Music."

A small marionette collection located within the dark cellars of an 11th-century Austrian castle.

These 12th-century catacombs carved into a mountainside were a place of mysticism and Christian hermitages.

Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

On any given day this sprawling market houses literally tons of government-regulated gold, gems, and precious metals.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

Home to some of the oldest hominid fossils ever found.

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

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

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

Largest cave system in Africa.

“The oddest pub in South Africa,” inspired by a practical joke.

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

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

A memorial to the only dog ever officially enlisted in the Royal Navy.

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

Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.

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

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

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

This small island off Lambert's Bay is home to more than 2,000 Cape gannets and is the only such breeding colony open to the public.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.