Places deriverative Wants to Go

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.

A tiny island home to a former English slave fort.

A unique, eye-catching statue that carries an important message of hope.

This sacred pool and its crocodiles have become popular tourist attraction where you can walk amongst the predators and even grab a selfie.

An ancient Ethiopian cave church is endangered by the simple building of a road.

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

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

Massive stele returned to Ethiopia after 70 years in Rome.

Rusting railcars and locomotive equipment fill this Ethiopian train graveyard.

An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.

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

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

The skeletal remains of the famous hominid "Lucy" were found at this spot.

According to one local legend, this image was created during a battle between a wild lioness and the archangel Michael.

The Earth's saltiest natural body of water belches toxic gas.

An Ethiopian cloud forest protects some of the last wild arabica plants.

This bright green structure is the final resting place of the 16th-century leader responsible for building the walls around Harar.

It’s one of the hottest places in the world, but this canyon looks like it’s covered in snow.

An ocean in the making, in the Ethiopian desert.

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.

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

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