This colonial fort is an intriguing example of Renaissance military architecture.

Rusting railcars and locomotive equipment fill this Ethiopian train graveyard.

Kenya’s oldest town is more than 700 years old and home to 6,000 donkeys.

Get tall with nature's lankiest beasts and their warthog friends at this Kenyan preserve.

The farmhouse owned by the Danish author who wrote "Out of Africa" is now a museum honoring her legacy.

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

This urban park is home to monkeys and a number of endangered plants.

The Kenyan town where the best distance runners in the world are trained.

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

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.

Camels and crocodiles share the black waters of this stunning Saharan oasis.

The only quarter of the Old City not dedicated to a major world religion.

You can row a boat through this ancient underground reservoir.

An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.

This 7th-century monastery was sacked by Saladin.

Charnel house at the foot of Mount Sinai.

In Egypt's expanding metro area, many of the neighbors are dead.

Slum Settlement Filled With Mountains of Garbage.

The medieval center of the Islamic world was also once the seat of Saladin's sultanate.

Standing atop 2nd-century Roman ruins, this church is one of the oldest and most iconic in Old Cairo.

One of its engravings is believed to be among the first representations of medical and surgical instruments.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.