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

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

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

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

Home to some of the oldest hominid fossils ever found.

Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.

This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

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Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.