Places atozenith Wants to Go

A museum complex preserving Malawian history and art, and renowned for its woodcarving tradition.

The ideal location for an immersive ecological experience.

Artifacts showcasing the witchy history of Zambia.

Every year, people come together to cover this mud-brick mosque with a fresh layer of earth.

Volcanically heated hot springs.

Experiencing Guatemala's sensory-exploding church is a blunt reminder of European influence.

This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.

The oldest operating distillery in the BVI.

This glass skywalk offers vertiginous views down the volcanic cliffs to the beach below.

Men in rubber-soled boots serve as your "brakes" on this toboggan ride Hemingway described as "exhilarating."

These small, triangular, colorful houses are a staple of Madeira Island.

Portugal’s highest lighthouse has one of the most impressive focal planes in the world.

A former 16th-century monastery houses a museum dedicated to the island and its culture.

These wooden balconies that are both decorative and functional.

This Canary island is a quintessential example of nature’s beauty, and its unbridled fury.

Nature puts on a spectacular show at this blowhole on the eastern side of Gran Canaria.

This tourist village in Nairobi celebrates the traditional lifestyles and customs of Kenyan tribes.

Farm-to-table East African-European cuisine is on the menu here.

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

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

A salty red wasteland in Tanzania is a breeding spot for endangered flamingos.

This rare volcano spews the strangest and (literally) coolest lava in the world.

The world’s most biodiverse place when it comes to plants.

Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.