This amateur-built East African church with mismatched towers is an architectural abnormality.

A hollowed-out baobab that became the horrific final resting place of leprosy sufferers, with gruesome evidence to prove it.

This restored colonial house was once home to the botanist responsible for bringing avocados to the U.S.

Central America's deepest lake is actually a volcanic caldera, surrounded by three volcanoes.

Volcanically heated hot springs.

Natural saunas fed by volcanic heat.

A century-old bathhouse that provides the luxury of warm water to rural Guatemalans.

Experiencing Guatemala's sensory-exploding church is a blunt reminder of European influence.

Spanning over 10,000 square miles, this ancient salt pan is one of the largest on the planet.

An abandoned Cambodian resort that mirrored the downfall of the country as it was happening.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

The burial ground of four Buganda monarchs was nearly destroyed by a devastating fire.

The home of half the world's population of critically endangered mountain gorillas.

A strangely forgotten claimant to the much contested title of "Source of the Nile."