The central mosque of this Mali town is entirely built from mud.

The world's largest church atop a political fault line.

Rimmed by white crusts of salt on every edge, Lac Assal is one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world.

A salt lake dotted with steaming limestone chimneys.

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

Uganda's smallest savannah park is home to over 350 species of birds and mammals.

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

The burial ground of four Buganda monarchs was nearly destroyed by a devastating fire.

A monument marks the spot where the first Catholic missionaries arrived in Uganda.

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

This monument is a stark reminder of the horrors of the Zanzibar slave trade.

This vestige of Seychelles’s colonial past now resides in a busy intersection and didn’t chime for its first 96 years.

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

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

See hundreds of herons and egrets in the heart of the city in this dreamy hidden park.

Legend says this remote, “bottomless” lake was created by a curse.

There is only one place in the world where the corners of four nations come together.

Not only does this shop sell mokorotlo, the traditional hat of Lesotho, the building is shaped like one.

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

This small monument marks the divide between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans at the southernmost tip of Africa.

The largest Christian church in the country is a complicated symbol of Spanish colonialism.

It's been nearly a century since this volcano, the tallest mountain in Equatorial Guinea, erupted.

It took 160 years to complete the most ornate church in Ecuador.

Ecuador’s historic seat of government has been quietly looted in recent decades, and no one knows how or by whom.