An ancient impact crater on the outskirts of Pretoria.

Home to some of the oldest hominid fossils ever found.

The abandoned tanks along this highway are all that remain of a deadly conflict.

Held in a fort that once stood for colonization of the area, this museum now tells the history of its indigenous people.

A public display of prehistoric space rocks is named for the Namibian village where they were found.

Welded sphere dropped from space.

A rustic place to spend the night, complete with amazing quiver trees and outsider art.

A rare cluster of alien-like plants grows along a dusty highway.

Thought to be the only herd of feral horses in Africa and one of the most isolated populations in the world.

The ruins of this mining boom town stand like skeletal reminders of the settlement's dark history.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

Unexplained bald patches in the landscape grow and recede over time, as though they are somehow alive.

This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.

Far from the shore, this sandy victim of the Skeleton Coast looks like it was plopped in the middle of the desert.

Tracks of ceratosaurus and Coelophysis rhodesiensis tracks can be found fossilized in the sandstone near Mt. Etjo.

The largest known meteorite on Earth was too big to move.

Topless shrine of northern Ghana.

This grounded passenger jet is now a restaurant, complete with rows of seats and “flight attendant” servers.

The first mosque in Ghana is known as the "Mecca of West Africa."

An abandoned car and strange wooden debris are among the scattered remains of the old sand and gravel quarry.

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

One man's prolific, decade-long quest to turn trash into artistic treasure.