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.

This rusting artillery is a relic of Vichy France's influence in West Africa.

This tiny, tranquil Senegalese island serves as a powerful symbol of the Atlantic slave trade.

An island made out of shells, including a cemetery.

This giant statue is the product of a mixture of corruption, Stalinist architecture, and North Korean manpower.

Despite a fraught and controversial history this African island holds a powerful monument to the tragedy of the slave trade.

Road signs in Namibia mark the location of one of the five major circles of latitude.

Ten shipwreck-shaped chalets lie along the sand dunes on Namibia’s Skeleton Coast.

A desert that rolls right up to the ocean, where it's so dry animals live off the fog.

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

This stucco building in North Africa was the first American-owned property on foreign soil.

One of the two original gateways into the Kasbah, this gateway is a nesting site for storks.

At this faithfully preserved medina off the Moroccan tourist circuit you can walk through six centuries of history in one day.

This vast masterpiece of Moroccan architecture spreads across 20 acres.

An awe-inspiring mosque in Morocco with one of the tallest minarets in the world.

Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.

Kenyan restaurant is a carnivore's paradise, serving exotic meats at its ultimate 'Beast of a Feast.'

An ocean in the making, in the Ethiopian desert.

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.