Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

The first statue to be added to Saint Peter's Square in over 350 years is an ode to migrants and refugees around the world.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

Montmartre's sole surviving windmill became an iconic landmark for 19th-century painters, artists, and bohemians.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Largest cave system in Africa.

The South African dialect's complex history is immortalized in stone, in one of the world's only monuments dedicated to a language.

The Cape of Good Hope is not quite as low as you can go on the African continent, but it's still geographically significant.

An abandoned water park overtaken by the dunes.

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

A memorial to the only dog ever officially enlisted in the Royal Navy.

Haven for Cape Fur Seals, until the Ring of Death of jumping Great White Sharks arrives.

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

This historic observatory was established to keep shipwrecks from littering the Cape of Good Hope.

The first successful human heart transplant is depicted through wax figures at the hospital where it the surgery took place.

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