Places MeanderingMind Wants to Go

Dating back to 1812, this is the oldest racecourse in the Southern Hemisphere.

The “Thumb” of Mauritius provides a 360 degree view of the entire country.

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

One of Western Africa's oldest mosques, this Timbuktu icon has stood for nearly 700 years.

The most important and best preserved remnant of West Africa's powerful Songhai Empire.

These homes carved into the mountains seem to defy the laws of nature.

The central mosque of this Mali town is entirely built from mud.

Magnificent Roman ruins lie vulnerable to destruction on the edge of the Mediterranean.

A fortress-like granary that has been continually in use for more than nine centuries.

A beautiful oasis town dating back to the Roman period still serves as reprieve from the brutal summer sun in Libya.

Landscape of bizarrely shaped desert mountains and innumerable rock carvings.

An abandoned mine pit is now a beautiful, colorful attraction.

Empty since 1989, now falling into ruin.

The world’s largest digital waste dump has become a site where organized criminals hack into confidential government data.

The first mosque in Ghana is known as the "Mecca of West Africa."

An Ethiopian cloud forest protects some of the last wild arabica plants.

A powerful tribute to the victims who suffered under Ethiopia's most devastating regime.

It might not be the prettiest pyramid in Egypt, but it may be the muddiest.

Charnel house at the foot of Mount Sinai.

One of its engravings is believed to be among the first representations of medical and surgical instruments.

In Egypt's expanding metro area, many of the neighbors are dead.

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

One of the most well-preserved temples of ancient Egypt.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.