Places breaingram Wants to Go

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.

Supposedly this Ethiopian chapel holds the Ark of the Covenant, guarded by virgins who cannot leave the building.

Reaching the "Church in the Sky" requires scaling the cliff face of a sandstone pinnacle with a 650-foot drop.

The hottest place on the planet.

Ethiopia's "smoking mountain" is in one of the hottest regions on the planet and is home to two lava lakes.

A powerful tribute to the victims who suffered under Ethiopia's most devastating regime.

Ethiopian standing stones featuring remarkably preserved carvings of swords and people.

Where thousands of slaves passed through the "Door of No Return."

This series of rope-style bridges brings visitors into a jungle layer that is usually reserved for birds and monkeys.

The first mosque in Ghana is known as the "Mecca of West Africa."

At Ghana's largest wildlife refuge you feel like you're right in the animals' backyard.

Topless shrine of northern Ghana.

The souls of the dead have made these Ghanese crocodiles shockingly docile.

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

The true jewel of Africa's west coast known as "Africa's Last Eden."

The "Versailles of the Jungle" built by a dictator is now a decaying shadow of its hubristic grandeur.

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

This ship carrying cargo and four church bells for the Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida ran aground in 1968.

Rolling sand dunes of the Sahara... in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

These mysterious 1,000-year-old walls have revealed little about their past.

In this African village, the walls of the chief's compound are painted with beautiful traditional designs.

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

Africa's Venice on stilts.

Did Gustav Eiffel design this enigmatic metal building?