South Africa

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Klerksdorp Spheres

Tiny pyrophyllite spheres from 3 billion years ago

By all scientific accounts, theses rounded objects found in pyrophyllite deposits around Ottosdal, South Africa are three billion-year-old rocks that were naturally formed by carbonate... »

Geological Oddities, Hoaxes and Pseudoscience | Edited by atimian and Dylan

Sunland Baobab

South African bar inside a hollowed out 6000-year-old Baobab

Sunland Baobab in Limpopo, South Africa is a one stop shop for finishing off a bucket list. Physically, the giant tree boasts the top of many lists. It is one of the largest baobabs in South... »

Extraordinary Flora, Bizarre Restaurants and Bars | Edited by serflac and atimian

Owl House

Sculpture park built by a fifty year-old widow

Suffering from depression as she reached middle age, Helen Martins began to channel her boredom with the life around her into creation, embellishing her surroundings with sculpture and painting... »

Outsider Art, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Dylan, Henry and 2 others

Wildebeest Kuil Rock Art Centre

Fascinating collection of Khoisan rock engravings, still situated in their original setting

These engravings, estimated to be between 1,000 and 2,000 years old, are thought to be part of a sophisticated religious art associated with ritual specialists in Bushman or San society called... »

Cultures and Civilizations , Rites and Rituals | Edited by A Facebook user, Nicholas Jackson and others

The Goat Tower of Fairview Cheese & Wine farm

The original goat tower, the one that started it all

The thing about goats, is that they really like to climb stuff. Goats have been known to climb up on top of livestock, just for a slightly better view. In 1981, Fairview Wine and Cheese owner... »

Fascinating Fauna, Inspired Inventions, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Dylan

Museum of Man and Science

A supply store for traditional healers, this shop sells the hair of a dog--and its skin, skeleton, and reproductive organs, too

Traditional healing is still very popular in South Africa. Ailments are treated by an inyanga, an herbalist, who will mix and prescribe traditional remedies. If the illness is caused not by... »

Rites and Rituals, Purveyors of Curiosities | Edited by michelle and re_nakaba

Ponte Tower

Tallest residential building in Africa

Looking upwards from the inner courtyard of Ponte Tower can be an unsettling experience. A small patch of blue sky surrounded by a 173-meter-high cylindrical matrix of identical windows is all you... »

Eccentric Homes, Incredible Ruins | Edited by stanestane and Leez0

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