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

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.

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

Living inside a fearsome reptile in the Ivory Coast.

This small building is a living testament to the remoteness and warmth of the town that it represents.

The school produces some of Africa's most talented acrobats and contortionists.

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

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

Topless shrine of northern Ghana.

Where thousands of slaves passed through the "Door of No Return."

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.

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.

The skeletal remains of the famous hominid "Lucy" were found at this spot.

According to one local legend, this image was created during a battle between a wild lioness and the archangel Michael.

Rusting railcars and locomotive equipment fill this Ethiopian train graveyard.

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

Ethiopian standing stones featuring remarkably preserved carvings of swords and people.

An Ethiopian cloud forest protects some of the last wild arabica plants.

Massive stele returned to Ethiopia after 70 years in Rome.