Freddie Mercury's childhood home is now a monument to the iconic Queen rockstar.

These Nubian pyramids are strange and unique, even by pyramid standards.

Largest cave system in Africa.

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

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

A surprising number of shipwrecks visible just off the Somaliland coast.

This cave located in the badlands of Somaliland contains some of the oldest cave art in Africa.

A MiG-17 fighter jet sits atop this memorial to the indiscriminate bombardment of Hargeisa.

A rehabilitation center for confiscated, orphaned, and abandoned chimpanzees.

The first European-style university in western Sub-Saharan Africa.

The oldest of its kind in the country, this tree sits where formerly enslaved people are said to have founded the city of Freetown.

One of the most important Krio heritage sites in the country.

A British general, a suggestive tree, a map of paradise.

This vestige of Seychelles’s colonial past now resides in a busy intersection and didn’t chime for its first 96 years.

A 19th-century architectural masterpiece with ties to Gustave Eiffel.

This deceptively salty lake looks like blushing pink lemonade.

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

This unique religious structure is an architectural gem with arresting ocean views.

Nature’s skyscraper launches out of the terrain with attitude.

The tallest building in the Republic of the Congo is a source of pride despite its towering maintenance costs.

A crypt believed by many Congolese to be a center of black magic.

This Nigerian nature reserve is home to the longest canopy walkway in Africa.

Not your average art gallery, this massive center hosts 8,000 works from artists across Africa—and it’s free to the public.

The innovative Nigerian floating school that may just be a glimpse into the future of design in a world of troubling climate changes.