A glass and sculpture wonderland forms an oasis in a remote part of Kenya.

A salty cave excavated by elephants and the location of a deadly disease vector.

Get tall with nature's lankiest beasts and their warthog friends at this Kenyan preserve.

Drink and dine in a coral cave that's at least 120,000 years old.

Located in Nairobi National Park, this animal orphanage is the oldest of its kind in Kenya.

Just outside of Nairobi lies a large estate surrounded by endangered Rothschild giraffes, who have been fed from the window by Mick Jagger and Walter Cronkite.

Living inside a fearsome reptile in the Ivory Coast.

This monument memorializes a violent massacre where colonial police killed 50 striking dockworkers.

An enormous public square and parade ground built to celebrate Ghana's independence.

At Ghana's largest wildlife refuge you feel like you're right in the animals' backyard.

The souls of the dead have made these Ghanese crocodiles shockingly docile.

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

This series of rope-style bridges brings visitors into a jungle layer that is usually reserved for birds and monkeys.

The true jewel of Africa's west coast known as "Africa's Last Eden."

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

An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.

Massive stele returned to Ethiopia after 70 years in Rome.

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

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

The hottest place on the planet.

This nightlife venue and cultural center keeps a unique Ethiopian musical tradition alive in the nation’s capital, but breakneck urban development threatens to shut it down.

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

Take a ride back in time with a steam locomotive trip through Eritrea’s mountainous countryside.

Eritrea's futuristic gas station is a nod to Italy's fascist history.