Where layer cakes tower above one’s head and there is never a shortage of icing.

Once home to an aristocratic family and a workers' organization, this intricately tiled building now houses a chain restaurant.

This one-window stand has been home to a giant vat of slowly simmering meats and an array of unique tacos for almost 50 years.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.

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

One of the tallest buildings in Africa provides a great view of Johannesburg's unique geography.

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

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

A sobering account of the vibrant multicultural neighborhood that was destroyed under apartheid.

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

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

A stunning mosque owes its design to an Ottoman ruler nicknamed "the Butcher."

This full-sized orange tree lives suspended in mid-air above the streets of Jaffa.

A massive, heart-shaped, wind-carved crater in the middle of the Israeli desert.

The bluer than blue waters in these natural Israeli caves are reached via the world's steepest cable car.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

This 19th-century convent is now a flourishing 21st-century hub for art.

The 18th-century home was disassembled into 253 cases and brought all the way from the other side of the world.

A gift from the Soviet Union in the 1980s, this is the only statue of the Soviet dictator in Southeast Asia.

The notorious "Hanoi Hilton" where Vietnamese colonial subjects and later American POWs, including John McCain, were imprisoned.

This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.