An island made out of shells, including a cemetery.

A tiny island home to a former English slave fort.

Landscape of bizarrely shaped desert mountains and innumerable rock carvings.

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

Living inside a fearsome reptile in the Ivory Coast.

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

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

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

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

Annual rush for a sacred desert lake's fish stock.

The world’s largest digital waste dump has become a site where organized criminals hack into confidential government data.

The clever workshop that has been designing some of the most unusual coffins imaginable.

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

Topless shrine of northern Ghana.

The Voodoo Superstore of the world.

The last remaining site of Yoruba worship of the fertility goddess.

The innovative Nigerian floating school that may just be a glimpse into the future of design in a world of troubling climate changes.

Africa's Venice on stilts.

Deadliest lake in the world suffocated over 1,746 people in one night.

A labor of love and aviation in Nigeria.

Spirits from these lakes are said to produce the local weather and odd phenomena as they bicker between themselves.

The most remote tree in the world survived desertification, but not a drunk truck driver.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

Even King Tut was intrigued by the glass of the Great Sand Sea.