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

This stucco building in North Africa was the first American-owned property on foreign soil.

Morocco’s modern capital was once a haven for Barbary pirates, who went so far as to establish a republic of their own.

One of the two original gateways into the Kasbah, this gateway is a nesting site for storks.

The oldest monument in Marrakesh and the city's only surviving example of Almoravid architecture.

Numerous impressive carvings are embedded in the trees lining this street in Marrakech.

A tree seems to grow from the ocean floor on this strange strip of sand slowly being overtaken by the sea.

A 19th-century architectural masterpiece with ties to Gustave Eiffel.

This unique architectural wonder is also tied to one of the 20th-century's most renowned writers.

Hidden beneath a beautiful overlook you’ll find the history of the city depicted in comic strip format next to a pay toilet.

A comprehensive museum dedicated to Africa's oldest modern republic.

This Liberian resort offers comfort, ecofriendly hospitality, and a mission of sustainability.

Empty since 1989, now falling into ruin.

One of the most important Krio heritage sites in the country.

The oldest of its kind in the country, this tree sits where formerly enslaved people are said to have founded the city of Freetown.

The innovative Nigerian floating school that may just be a glimpse into the future of design in a world of troubling climate changes.

The last remaining site of Yoruba worship of the fertility goddess.

Dakar is home to one of the oldest African art institutions in West Africa.

This tiny, tranquil Senegalese island serves as a powerful symbol of the Atlantic slave trade.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

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This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.