In Zanzibar, a historic 19th-century palace is a reminder of the world's shortest war.

A giant chameleon, with a fascinating purpose.

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

A crypt believed by many Congolese to be a center of black magic.

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

This horseshoe-shaped waterfall is the second-largest on the African continent.

The abandoned tanks along this highway are all that remain of a deadly conflict.

Ancient artists in the middle of nowhere.

Road signs in Namibia mark the location of one of the five major circles of latitude.

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

This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.

Known as "The People's Park," this verdant oasis is home to elephants and villagers alike.

Spanning over 10,000 square miles, this ancient salt pan is one of the largest on the planet.

Not only does this shop sell mokorotlo, the traditional hat of Lesotho, the building is shaped like one.

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

Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.

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.

Just outside Lesotho's capital city, a rock formation takes the shape of a powerful predator.

This sandstone plateau once served as a stronghold for Lesotho's King Moshoeshoe I and his subjects.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

This emotive sculpture was originally created for the 1878 World's Fair.