Debatably clever, or just plain honest hotel advertised as "The Worst Hotel in the World."

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

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

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.

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

Time has stopped at the house where Gandhi died.

A startling, centuries-old subterranean marvel hides in plain sight.

This tourist village in Nairobi celebrates the traditional lifestyles and customs of Kenyan tribes.

The lantern carried by the infamous Guy Fawkes when he was arrested while attempting to blow the houses of Parliament and the King of England to smithereens

Ride a boat through this magnificent underground world, which now doubles as a theater.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

This Alamo Square mansion is rumored to have hosted satanic rituals and other occult practices.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

This 19th-century performer's gravestone identifies her as "the smallest woman ever in this Kingdom."

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

The silent film master's legacy commemorated in all the right and wrong places.