Places breaingram Wants to Go

Famous in both ancient and modern times, the "mountains of the moon" are legendary for their beauty and biodiversity. But they are threatened by the changing climate.

A small Rwandan workshop where you'll find traditional works of art—made from cow dung.

This center in the Rwandan capital supports women’s livelihoods while educating visitors about traditional cooking, craft making, and more.

A hiking/biking/exploring trail that winds across over 140 miles of Rwandan shoreline.

The final resting place of soldiers who fell during the First and Second World Wars.

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

Six rock shelters covered in abstract art created by ancient Ugandan tribes.

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

Life and death are on parade at the most reliably perilous site of “the Great Migration.”

The world’s largest permanent desert lake is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

This monument sits at the foot of a mountain from which legend says enslaved people jumped to their deaths.

A family-run camping spot in the Namibian desert.

The ruins of this mining boom town stand like skeletal reminders of the settlement's dark history.

A rustic place to spend the night, complete with amazing quiver trees and outsider art.

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

Ancient artists in the middle of nowhere.

The largest known meteorite on Earth was too big to move.

Wondrous stalactites house thousands of bats in these African caves.

Spanning over 10,000 square miles, this ancient salt pan is one of the largest on the planet.

Local legend has it that the first humans were created in the pools here, leaving their footprints behind in the rock.

The petrified remains of 150-million-year-old trees can be seen in and among the houses of the local villagers.

Africa's fourth longest river originates from a burbling spring in a secluded stretch of woods.

Rare pigmented engravings cover the walls of this Stone Age shelter.

A memorial marks the spot where a plane crash killed several United Nations members on a peace mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.