This deceptively salty lake looks like blushing pink lemonade.

This giant statue is the product of a mixture of corruption, Stalinist architecture, and North Korean manpower.

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

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

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

The first mosque in Ghana is known as the "Mecca of West Africa."

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

The souls of the dead have made these Ghanese crocodiles shockingly docile.

In this African village, the walls of the chief's compound are painted with beautiful traditional designs.

Topless shrine of northern Ghana.

Hidden dwellings in the cliffsides of North Togo used by local Moba tribes to evade 18th-century slave traders.

Dozens of snakes are housed and worshipped within the walls of this Vodun temple.

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

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

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

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

Haven for Cape Fur Seals, until the Ring of Death of jumping Great White Sharks arrives.

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

Largest cave system in Africa.

A growing popular hipster market with over 100 local specialties and live music.

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

Wondrous stalactites house thousands of bats in these African caves.

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

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