Places deriverative Wants to Go

Egyptian treasure trove of fossils documenting the whale's transition from land mammal to sea creature.

A salt lake dotted with steaming limestone chimneys.

Rimmed by white crusts of salt on every edge, Lac Assal is one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world.

Built by a North Korean team this monument to African dictator Laurent Kabila has a suspiciously Kim Jong Il shaped body.

One of the last refuges of the endangered eastern lowland gorilla.

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

Also known as the Limete Tower, la Tour de l'Échangeur can be seen from almost everywhere in Kinshasa.

Home to pygmy hunter-gatherers, hundreds of animal and bird species, and the strange okapi, or forest giraffe.

The most biologically diverse protected area in Africa is also the most dangerous.

The world's only facility where orphaned mountain gorillas are cared for.

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

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

Perhaps the biggest draw to this mosque is its remote location and lack of tourists.

Living inside a fearsome reptile in the Ivory Coast.

Legend says this remote, “bottomless” lake was created by a curse.

This moss-covered, rocky outcropping looks like a mythical beast resting in the water.

These natural wonders have taken millennia to form into the stunning marvels they are today.

Camels and crocodiles share the black waters of this stunning Saharan oasis.

Amidst political unrest, this Roman Catholic Cathedral has helped organize peace talks.

Buried deep in the forest near Limbe, this little-known slave port became the point of no return for 10 percent of enslaved Africans.

Spirits from these lakes are said to produce the local weather and odd phenomena as they bicker between themselves.

Deadliest lake in the world suffocated over 1,746 people in one night.

The old ceramics factory on Boa Vista shows the power drifting sand has to destroy buildings.

Santa Monica is one of the world's longest, most beautiful, and least developed beaches: just white sand for miles, a single beach shack, and the concrete shell of an abandoned resort that never got past its foundations.