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

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

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

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

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

The hottest place on the planet.

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

The equator passes through this tiny island in the eastern Atlantic.

This abandoned plantation was once witness to an eclipse that proved Einstein's theory of relativity.

Nature’s skyscraper launches out of the terrain with attitude.

Africa's Venice on stilts.

Dozens of snakes are housed and worshipped within the walls of this Vodun temple.

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

This striking otherworldly landscape outside Angola's capital city is the product of millions of years of erosion.

Did Gustav Eiffel design this enigmatic metal building?

This prefabricated building was built in Belgium and shipped to Mozambique but was never inhabited, since its iron exterior was unsuitable for the tropical environment.

It stands out for its elegant white neoclassical design and twin bell towers that define Maputo’s skyline and make it one of the city’s most recognizable landmarks.

From neon green watering holes to bleached elephant foetuses, this Mozambique museum makes natural history weird.

The last home designed in its entirety by noted architect Luis Barragán owes its existence to an impressive jacaranda tree.

Its incredible collections are dedicated to preserving Mexico's film history.

Once home to an aristocratic family and a workers' organization, this intricately tiled building now houses a chain restaurant.

This incredible college library is a visual masterpiece of mosaic art. It also looks kind of like a giant boombox.

CDMX's home for the world's culinary delights.

This old-school café is famous for serving coffee, chilaquiles, and the Cuban Revolution.