This giant ice cream cone is the last remaining icon of a Salt Lake City staple.

Explore the dark underground corridors of this graffiti-covered former military fortification.

Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

All that remains of Jacques Cousteau's 1960s underwater "village."

When humans abandoned this safari lodge, the lions took over.

Five ancient libraries, little changed for centuries, preserve a medieval archive of Quranic lore and civic documents

An abandoned mine pit is now a beautiful, colorful attraction.

Located in Nairobi National Park, this animal orphanage is the oldest of its kind in Kenya.

This monument memorializes a violent massacre where colonial police killed 50 striking dockworkers.

Massive stele returned to Ethiopia after 70 years in Rome.

Known as the Sistine Chapel of Egypt, this tomb houses some of the most well-preserved paintings in Egypt.

The most biologically diverse protected area in Africa is also the most dangerous.

These natural wonders have taken millennia to form into the stunning marvels they are today.

An incredible collection of Mesoamerican art assembled by one of Mexico's great artists.

One of the city's few vendors selling the Sierra Norte's ancestral beverage lies within a hidden farmers market.

This trio of bronze giants celebrate the influential trip to Britain that led to Botswana's independence.

The abstract sandstone rock formations at this Algerian national park are rich with prehistoric art.

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

An archaeological site believed to be the burial place of the "mother of us all."

Some claim these desert ruins are from the legendary "Atlantis of the Sands."

The most gigantic, swoony, intimidating trio of fingers in all of antiquity.

Tens of thousands of rocks make up what is thought to be a giant star calendar.

One of the world's southernmost bars.