A 19th-century architectural masterpiece with ties to Gustave Eiffel.

This tiny, tranquil Senegalese island serves as a powerful symbol of the Atlantic slave trade.

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

Dakar is home to one of the oldest African art institutions in West Africa.

This Dakar museum exhibits artworks and artifacts honoring the daily lives of Senegalese women.

This unique religious structure is an architectural gem with arresting ocean views.

This beach in Senegal marks the westernmost point on the African continent.

This deceptively salty lake looks like blushing pink lemonade.

A tiny island home to a former English slave fort.

On an idyllic island off the coast of Sierra Leone, remnants of the defense of the slave trade and its later abolition.

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

After Sierra Leone's railways shut down in 1974, a collection of engines and other artifacts spent decades hidden away in this old workshop—now a museum.

The oldest of its kind in the country, this tree sits where formerly enslaved people are said to have founded the city of Freetown.

One of the oldest brick structures in Freetown.

One of the most important Krio heritage sites in the country.

Tens of thousands of Africans rescued from slave ships passed through this gate before being settled in Sierra Leone.

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

A community heritage center on an overlooked island in the Sierra Leone River estuary.

Home of the ruins of a British slave castle.

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

After several weeks of radio silence, this abandoned oil tanker washed up on a remote beach in Liberia.

Empty since 1989, now falling into ruin.

A comprehensive museum dedicated to Africa's oldest modern republic.

This Liberian resort offers comfort, ecofriendly hospitality, and a mission of sustainability.