Gildeskål, Norway
Uredd Rest Area (Ureddplassen)
Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Gildeskål, Norway
Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.
Oslo, Norway
Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.
Forsand, Norway
This giant boulder is pinched over a 1000-meter abyss by two mountains.
Odda, Norway
Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."
Averøy, Norway
A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.
Marovoay, Madagascar
The runoff from these fiery cliffs sends red water flowing into the sea.
Antsalova, Madagascar
Fabulous formations, weird and wonderful wildlife.
Beira, Mozambique
This rusted shipwreck directly in front of a century-old abandoned lighthouse looks almost surreal.
Gorongosa, Mozambique
When humans abandoned this safari lodge, the lions took over.
Gbadolite, Democratic Republic of the Congo
The "Versailles of the Jungle" built by a dictator is now a decaying shadow of its hubristic grandeur.
Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Home to pygmy hunter-gatherers, hundreds of animal and bird species, and the strange okapi, or forest giraffe.
Shinile, Ethiopia
The skeletal remains of the famous hominid "Lucy" were found at this spot.
Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia
An Ethiopian cloud forest protects some of the last wild arabica plants.
Lalibela, Ethiopia
An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.
Afar Zone 2, Ethiopia
Ethiopia's "smoking mountain" is in one of the hottest regions on the planet and is home to two lava lakes.
Afar Zone 2, Ethiopia
The hottest place on the planet.
Lalibela, Ethiopia
An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.
Hargeisa, Somalia
This cave located in the badlands of Somaliland contains some of the oldest cave art in Africa.
Sudan
All that remains of Jacques Cousteau's 1960s underwater "village."
Suakin, Sudan
Remains of an abandoned coral city.
Shendi, Sudan
These Nubian pyramids are strange and unique, even by pyramid standards.
Solitaire, Namibia
In Namibia there is an installation that explores the intertwined linguistics and existential beliefs of an imaginary community.
Windhoek, Namibia
Held in a fort that once stood for colonization of the area, this museum now tells the history of its indigenous people.
Elizabeth Bay, Namibia
The ruins of this mining boom town stand like skeletal reminders of the settlement's dark history.