A rehabilitation center for confiscated, orphaned, and abandoned chimpanzees.

The oldest of its kind in the country, this tree sits where formerly enslaved people are said to have founded the city of Freetown.

One of the oldest brick structures in Freetown.

The first European-style university in western Sub-Saharan Africa.

Empty since 1989, now falling into ruin.

A comprehensive museum dedicated to Africa's oldest modern republic.

The Voodoo Superstore of the world.

A monument to the more than one million enslaved Africans deported from the port of Ouidah.

Dozens of snakes are housed and worshipped within the walls of this Vodun temple.

Africa's Venice on stilts.

This nearly abandoned plantation was once witness to an eclipse that proved Einstein's theory of relativity.

Did Gustav Eiffel design this enigmatic metal building?

From atop a hill at the center of Cape Town, a cannon has been signalling the time since 1806.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

This deceptively beautiful island was once home to a German concentration camp and known as "Death Island."

The final resting place of the liberator of Argentina is guarded around the clock by two soldiers.

105-foot wide giant metallic flower blooms anew every day in the heart of Buenos Aires.

This underwater sculpture park is the basis for a manmade coral reef.

Three wildly colorful calderas top this otherworldly volcano chain.

The name for this waterfall was derived from the Aboriginal word used to describe a rainforest vine.

A small, but award-winning beach known for its literally spotless reputation.

A cairn commemorating James Cook's second landing in Australia.

This former hostel is now an art gallery and a memorial for 15 backpackers who lost their lives to a tragic act of arson.

Once a farming community founded by the Italian survivors of an immigration scam, this colony is now a free camp and roadside attraction.