Chinguetti, Mauritania
The Libraries of Chinguetti
Five ancient libraries, little changed for centuries, preserve a medieval archive of Quranic lore and civic documents
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Chinguetti, Mauritania
Five ancient libraries, little changed for centuries, preserve a medieval archive of Quranic lore and civic documents
Lome, Togo
The Voodoo Superstore of the world.
Belize
Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.
Nouadhibou, Mauritania
The world's largest ship graveyard is the product of decades of corruption.
St. Marys, Georgia
Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.