Places MissBez Wants to Go

Home to what was once considered the largest gate in central Asia.

The foundation of this ancient stupa dates back to the 1st-century.

The heartbeat of modern Uzbekistan’s thriving market culture.

Giant cauldrons overflow with Uzbekistan's favorite rice dish at this cavernous dining hall.

These "50 Fortresses" have been unearthed in the ancient oasis of Khwarezm.

Final palace complex of the last of 29 Kokand rulers.

This "tower of death" has acted as an observatory, a religious hub, and an executioner's lair.

Ancient barriers wrap around what was once an important stop along the Silk Road.

Get tall with nature's lankiest beasts and their warthog friends at this Kenyan preserve.

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.

Sitting atop a rock on Michamvi Pingwe beach, this restaurant becomes its own island at high tide.

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

The centuries-old trees lining both sides of this dirt road may become Madagascar's first natural monument.

This amateur-built East African church with mismatched towers is an architectural abnormality.

The stunningly blue waters of these beautiful caves also have a violent past.

The world's highest and most dangerous infinity pool lies at the precipice of Victoria Falls.

Far from the shore, this sandy victim of the Skeleton Coast looks like it was plopped in the middle of the desert.

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

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

This deceptively beautiful island was once home to a German concentration camp and known as "Death Island."

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

The ruins of this mining boom town stand like skeletal reminders of the settlement's dark history.

An enchanting rocky island of scraggly baobabs surrounded by an ancient sea and sprawling salt pans.

“The oddest pub in South Africa,” inspired by a practical joke.