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

This park was designated by UNESCO as an Endangered World Heritage site.

Over 4,700 miles of trees being planted to hold back the desert.

Despite a fraught and controversial history this African island holds a powerful monument to the tragedy of the slave trade.

This deceptively salty lake looks like blushing pink lemonade.

One of the oldest restaurants in the Seychelles.

The remains of a 19th-century school and living quarters are perched atop a mountain surrounded by a thick tropical forest.

A schooner, nicknamed "The Unsinkable," with a long history of survival in the Indian Ocean.

In the middle of a busy residential neighborhood, a small roofless church being reclaimed by nature.

A British general, a suggestive tree, a map of paradise.

A newspaper editor turned this abandoned island into a tortoise nature preserve that's now the world's smallest national park.

Over two-thirds of the world's population of giant tortoises live among this coral formation.

One of the oldest brick structures in Freetown.

This national park is home to unique vegetation known as woodland savannah.

The first European-style university in western Sub-Saharan Africa.

A rehabilitation center for confiscated, orphaned, and abandoned chimpanzees.

This river island in Sierra Leone is home to impressive biodiversity and the country's first community conservation program.

The world's largest bioluminescent area was undiscovered by science until 2005.

An abandoned water park overtaken by the dunes.

Over 60 species of birds inhabit this colorful aviary park in South Africa.

This beautiful waterfall is not easy to reach, but offers a stunning view of the pristine green valley.

Brace yourself for the slowest, scariest, most spectacular drive, down the Drakensberg Escarpment.

The loneliest plant in the world resides at the Durban Botanic Gardens...mostly.

A supply store for traditional healers, this shop sells the hair of a dog--and its skin, skeleton, and reproductive organs, too.