Classical ruins that remember ancient Rome's presence in Africa.

One of the best-preserved impact craters on the planet is located in the middle of the Sahara Desert.

A century-old stone hermitage overlooks this remote pass in the Hoggar mountains, surrounded by a landscape of eroded volcanic cores.

This dizzying span over the ancient Algerian city was once the highest suspension bridge in the world.

An extraordinary mix of Phoenician, Roman, early Christian, and Byzantine ruins beautifully set overlooking the Mediterranean.

The original resting place of Queen Cleopatra and Mark Antony's only daughter.

The farmhouse owned by the Danish author who wrote "Out of Africa" is now a museum honoring her legacy.

This tourist village in Nairobi celebrates the traditional lifestyles and customs of Kenyan tribes.

Strange sandstone canyon known as the "place broken by itself."

Life and death are on parade at the most reliably perilous site of “the Great Migration.”

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

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

Abandoned city hidden from the world by tropical forest and isolation on the coast of Kenya.

This Liberian resort offers comfort, ecofriendly hospitality, and a mission of sustainability.

An abandoned mine pit is now a beautiful, colorful attraction.

Early Islamic mosque with several strange conical domes.

Landscape of bizarrely shaped desert mountains and innumerable rock carvings.

A deserted Bedouin village lines the shores of this stunning desert oasis.

A beautiful oasis town dating back to the Roman period still serves as reprieve from the brutal summer sun in Libya.

The runoff from these fiery cliffs sends red water flowing into the sea.

See hundreds of herons and egrets in the heart of the city in this dreamy hidden park.

Fabulous formations, weird and wonderful wildlife.

The centuries-old trees lining both sides of this dirt road may become Madagascar's first natural monument.

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