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

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

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

Swedish skyscraper with a 90° twist.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

While this monument tile is shrouded in mystery it also marks the end of the longest ever human chain.

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

Neighborhood in Jerusalem is home to the ultra-orthodox haredim.

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

What once sat in the world’s spotlight is today a largely disused ghost complex.

Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

Once an opulent Art Nouveau hotspot, the Constanța Casino is one of Romania's most beautiful abandoned buildings.

The haunting complex honors the millions of Ukrainians who died in the forced famine under Soviet rule.

One of the largest museums in Ukraine remembers the story of the German-Soviet War in iconic, brutalist style.

A forgotten remnant of the Soviet Union, Transnistria is an unrecognized country hidden behind a heavily militarized border between Moldova and Ukraine.

One of the most poignant ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.