Places Tim Martini - Exploring The Obscure Wants to Go

Once living up to its name as the grandest hotel in all of Africa, the Grande Hotel is now home to a community of squatters.

The largest prehistoric ruins south of the Sahara, once a powerful center of international trade.

The world's highest and most dangerous infinity pool lies at the precipice of Victoria Falls.

Wondrous stalactites house thousands of bats in these African caves.

An abandoned water park overtaken by the dunes.

A desert that rolls right up to the ocean, where it's so dry animals live off the fog.

One of the tallest buildings in Africa provides a great view of Johannesburg's unique geography.

This abandoned mansion has a window for every day of the year, and is a temple for ghost hunters.

Moorish signal station on a stratgic rocky outcrop.

Single runway interrupted by a busy road that cuts across its middle.

Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.

A South African bar inside a hollowed out 6,000-year-old Baobab.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

An artificial crater field that trained astronauts for lunar exploration.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

This pair of small sea rocks has been "wed" using rope and ancient Shinto tradition.

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

Henry Ford's failed rubber plantation in the middle of the Amazon rain forest.

The world's smallest drawbridge.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

Secret Manor, a house full of legends, the least of which is the haunting of long-deceased ladies of pleasure.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.