Places megankass Wants to Go

This local art collective supports contemporary artists through a coveted residency program.

A glass and sculpture wonderland forms an oasis in a remote part of Kenya.

Just outside of Nairobi lies a large estate surrounded by endangered Rothschild giraffes, who have been fed from the window by Mick Jagger and Walter Cronkite.

Strange sandstone canyon known as the "place broken by itself."

Drink and dine in a coral cave that's at least 120,000 years old.

Abandoned city hidden from the world by tropical forest and isolation on the coast of Kenya.

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

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

After surviving decades of medical testing and civil wars, these chimpanzees were abandoned on their own islands.

Living inside a fearsome reptile in the Ivory Coast.

The world's largest church atop a political fault line.

An enormous public square and parade ground built to celebrate Ghana's independence.

At Ghana's largest wildlife refuge you feel like you're right in the animals' backyard.

Topless shrine of northern Ghana.

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

Where thousands of slaves passed through the "Door of No Return."

This series of rope-style bridges brings visitors into a jungle layer that is usually reserved for birds and monkeys.

The world's first and only natural nuclear reactor.

The true jewel of Africa's west coast known as "Africa's Last Eden."

This 7th-century monastery was sacked by Saladin.

The medieval center of the Islamic world was also once the seat of Saladin's sultanate.

Located near Cairo's El Korba district, the abandoned mansion continues to inspire mystery and rumor throughout the city.

Giant pigeon houses packed into city streets in Egypt.

An ancient Ethiopian cave church is endangered by the simple building of a road.