One of the most spectacular canyons in the world.

Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.

A 15th-century granary that played the role of futuristic slave quarters in the world of 'Star Wars.'

Held in a fort that once stood for colonization of the area, this museum now tells the history of its indigenous people.

A public display of prehistoric space rocks is named for the Namibian village where they were found.

Bizarre living fossil only grows in a small chunk of the Namib Desert.

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

A desert that rolls right up to the ocean, where it's so dry animals live off the fog.

One of the tallest buildings in Africa provides a great view of Johannesburg's unique geography.

Two giant painted cooling towers make for one of the world’s most epic bungee jumps.

An odd little fishing town that is inundated by tourists looking to be locked up in a cage and surrounded by great white sharks, because why not?

Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.

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

These naturally balancing rocks were pictured on every Zimbabwean banknote, up to the 100 trillion-dollar note.

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

The world's highest and most dangerous infinity pool lies at the precipice of Victoria Falls.

Mount Nyiragongo has erupted at least 34 times since 1882 and is home to the world's largest lava lake.

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

Kenyan restaurant is a carnivore's paradise, serving exotic meats at its ultimate 'Beast of a Feast.'

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.

Rusting railcars and locomotive equipment fill this Ethiopian train graveyard.

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

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.