Kenya’s oldest town is more than 700 years old and home to 6,000 donkeys.

This moss-covered, rocky outcropping looks like a mythical beast resting in the water.

This small group of sand dunes manages to pack in a strange rainbow of colors.

At the center of an island in the middle of the Indian Ocean is a deep chasm ringed by tall waterfalls.

Réunion Island's highest point is a 2 million-year-old volcano and a paraglider's paradise.

The largest prehistoric ruins south of the Sahara, once a powerful center of international trade.

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

This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.

A rare cluster of alien-like plants grows along a dusty highway.

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

The world's largest church atop a political fault line.

Africa's Venice on stilts.

The Voodoo Superstore of the world.

Ancient Manuscripts showcase the civilization of West Africans during the Middle Ages.

One of Western Africa's oldest mosques, this Timbuktu icon has stood for nearly 700 years.

These homes carved into the mountains seem to defy the laws of nature.

The central mosque of this Mali town is entirely built from mud.

This iconic hilltop church doubled as a lighthouse in the 19th century, guiding ships into the port of Valparaíso.

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

Spanish religion mixed with local architecture has yielded a network of churches unlike any other.

A brick building in Kathmandu's Durbar Square is home to Nepal's most prominent living goddess.

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.

An 18th-century Nepali-style chorten built to subdue demons and evil spirits.

At the foot of an active volcano sits a church miraculously spared by its lava.