Places marygraceb1013 Wants to Go

A monument to the more than one million enslaved Africans deported from the port of Ouidah.

This subterranean town of over 50 dwellings lies thirty feet beneath the Earth's surface.

The 100-foot-tall (30-meter) bronze statue was built to recognize the world's only documented all-female army.

Classical ruins that remember ancient Rome's presence in Africa.

An extraordinary mix of Phoenician, Roman, early Christian, and Byzantine ruins beautifully set overlooking the Mediterranean.

The original resting place of Queen Cleopatra and Mark Antony's only daughter.

This massive monument towers over the city as a constant reminder of the lives lost during Algeria's hard-won war for independence.

These ancient giraffes are the largest known animal petroglyphs in the world.

The world's most remote memorial to the victims of the UTA Flight 772 disaster.

The largest Christian church in the country is a complicated symbol of Spanish colonialism.

A tiny island home to a former English slave fort.

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

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

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

This monument memorializes a violent massacre where colonial police killed 50 striking dockworkers.

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

This century-old site established by King Mwezi Gisabo preserves the art of Burundi's ancient drum rituals.