From neon green watering holes to bleached elephant foetuses, this Mozambique museum makes natural history weird.

The walls of this sandstone outcropping are covered with 2,000-year-old artwork.

This sandstone plateau once served as a stronghold for Lesotho's King Moshoeshoe I and his subjects.

An 18th-century hideout became a permanent and ongoing residence for one Lesotho tribe.

This arch made out of whale bones is a remnant of South Africa's whaling history.

A brutalist war memorial piercing through the rolling farm landscape.

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

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

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

A beautiful viewpoint on the Garden Route overlooking a naturally-occurring outline of Africa.

A massive rock in the surf steeped in legends.

This small monument marks the divide between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans at the southernmost tip of Africa.

A mesmerizing sculpture marks the site where the activist was arrested after evading capture for 17 months.

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

Home to some of the oldest hominid fossils ever found.

Caves that can't seem to quit producing the remains of prehistoric humans.

The tallest residential building in Africa is an unsettling Brutalist monolith.

A sobering account of the vibrant multicultural neighborhood that was destroyed under apartheid.

Local lore says a serpent-like beast lurks in the deep basin below the falls.

Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.

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

Largest cave system in Africa.

270 million year-old forest of stone.

One of the word's deepest gorges is also tied to a fantastic legend.