This nearly abandoned plantation was once witness to an eclipse that proved Einstein's theory of relativity.

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

A crypt believed by many Congolese to be a center of black magic.

A labor of love and aviation in Nigeria.

The most remote tree in the world survived desertification, but not a drunk truck driver.

Road signs in Namibia mark the location of one of the five major circles of latitude.

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

Tracks of ceratosaurus and Coelophysis rhodesiensis tracks can be found fossilized in the sandstone near Mt. Etjo.

Unexplained bald patches in the landscape grow and recede over time, as though they are somehow alive.

Far from the shore, this sandy victim of the Skeleton Coast looks like it was plopped in the middle of the desert.

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

From neon green watering holes to bleached elephant foetuses, this Mozambique museum makes natural history weird.

An abandoned horror film set sits eerily along a highway through Hollywood's "door to the desert."

God's Saharan sandbox of wrath.

The true depths of these stunning Moroccan caves are unknown.

World's largest film studio, where visitors tour the decaying sets that litter the harsh desert environment.

Morocco's Argania trees are infested with nut-hungry goats.

Only two of these trees remain in the natural world, found high in the cloud forest of the island of Mauritius.

This small group of sand dunes manages to pack in a strange rainbow of colors.

This fortified sand barrier dividing a contested territory is the longest minefield in the world.

The world's largest ship graveyard is the product of decades of corruption.

Five ancient libraries, little changed for centuries, preserve a medieval archive of Quranic lore and civic documents

A geological bull's-eye visible from outer space.

Muammar Gaddafi's well-intentioned investment in his favorite city turned out to be a nightmare.