The Earth's saltiest natural body of water belches toxic gas.

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

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

“The oddest pub in South Africa,” inspired by a practical joke.

All that remains of a Japanese fishing vessel that ran aground in 1982.

Rusting railcars and locomotive equipment fill this Ethiopian train graveyard.

A powerful tribute to the victims who suffered under Ethiopia's most devastating regime.

Standing atop 2nd-century Roman ruins, this church is one of the oldest and most iconic in Old Cairo.

Charnel house at the foot of Mount Sinai.

One of its engravings is believed to be among the first representations of medical and surgical instruments.

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

Located near Cairo's El Korba district, the abandoned mansion continues to inspire mystery and rumor throughout the city.

The medieval center of the Islamic world was also once the seat of Saladin's sultanate.

The hottest place on the planet.

Ethiopia's "smoking mountain" is in one of the hottest regions on the planet and is home to two lava lakes.