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The beehive-like buildings of this abandoned resort reside near the border of Mauritania and Senegal.

This small group of sand dunes manages to pack in a strange rainbow of colors.

The legacy of a Moroccan Jewish community is remembered at this little mouldering cemetery.

Crumbling necropolis set high above Fez.

Vast stretch of tide-pools with a unique Moroccan charm.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

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

The hottest place on the planet.

An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.

An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.

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

This ship carrying cargo and four church bells for the Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida ran aground in 1968.

Once a bustling fishing village and trading post, today these Cape Verde ruins provide a home only for seabirds and turtles.

These mysterious 1,000-year-old walls have revealed little about their past.

Abandoned ships along a deserted beach feel like the set of a post-apocalyptic thriller.

This remarkable prehistoric town is full of watchtowers and houses that have withstood thousands of years.

A century-old stone hermitage overlooks this remote pass in the Hoggar mountains, surrounded by a landscape of eroded volcanic cores.

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

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

A contemporary art installation housed within a Gothic cathedral.

The largest prehistoric cemetery on the Balearic Islands dates back over 2,500 years.

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