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Ruins of large public building.

Monduli, Tanzania

Engaruka Ruins

The culture that built these Tanzanian ruins displayed advanced knowledge of irrigation technology before mysteriously disappearing.

The sand dunes.

Ngorongoro, Tanzania

Shifting Sand Dunes

These strange piles of magnetized volcanic ash travel across the desert about 50 feet per year.

Cast of Laetoli footprints Olduvai Gorge museum

Ngorongoro, Tanzania

Laetoli Footprints

Human ancestor’s 3.6 million year-old footprints.

Fort Jesus.

Mombasa, Kenya

Fort Jesus

This colonial fort is an intriguing example of Renaissance military architecture.

Grand Mosque

Kilwa Masoko, Tanzania

Kilwa Kisiwani Ruins

Stunning ruins of what was once the center of one of the greatest empires in East Africa.

Soda and algae formations near the shore of Lake Natron.

Monduli, Tanzania

Lake Natron

A salty red wasteland in Tanzania is a breeding spot for endangered flamingos.

Marie Antoinette's Restaurant

Victoria, Seychelles

Marie Antoinette's

One of the oldest restaurants in the Seychelles.

On the island.

Moyenne Island, Seychelles

Moyenne Island

A newspaper editor turned this abandoned island into a tortoise nature preserve that's now the world's smallest national park.

Aldabra Atoll

Seychelles

Aldabra Atoll

Over two-thirds of the world's population of giant tortoises live among this coral formation.

The Leper Baobob

Liwonde, Malawi

The Leper Tree

A hollowed-out baobab that became the horrific final resting place of leprosy sufferers, with gruesome evidence to prove it.

Pirates Cemetery Ile Ste-Marie Madagascar

Madagascar

The Pirate Cemetery

This picturesque island graveyard is the final resting place of dozens of notorious pirates.

(Flickr/copepodo)

Antsalova, Madagascar

Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park and Nature Reserve

Fabulous formations, weird and wonderful wildlife.

Ambalabongo Canyon.

Marovoay, Madagascar

Ambalabongo Canyon

The runoff from these fiery cliffs sends red water flowing into the sea.

(Flickr/slapcin)

Mampikony, Madagascar

Ambohimanga Main Gate

Giant disc-shaped gate took 20 men to close off this city in Madagascar.

Avenue of the Baobabs

Morondava, Madagascar

Avenue of the Baobabs

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

Gedi Ruins

Malindi, Kenya

Gedi Ruins

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

Giraffe Centre

Nairobi, Kenya

Giraffe Centre

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

Kitum Cave

Kenya

Kitum Cave

A salty cave excavated by elephants and the location of a deadly disease vector.

Marafa Depression

Marafa, Kenya

Marafa Depression

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

Wildebeest plunge into the Mara River

Kenya

Mara River Crossing

Life and death are on parade at the most reliably perilous site of “the Great Migration.”

Monolith with knife bas relief.

Arsi, Ethiopia

Tiya Stelae

Ethiopian standing stones featuring remarkably preserved carvings of swords and people.

Priest sitting outside the entrance to Abuna Yemata church.

East Tigray, Ethiopia

Abuna Yemata Guh

Reaching the "Church in the Sky" requires scaling the cliff face of a sandstone pinnacle with a 650-foot drop.

The Chapel of the Tablet

Aksum, Ethiopia

Chapel of the Tablet

Supposedly this Ethiopian chapel holds the Ark of the Covenant, guarded by virgins who cannot leave the building.

Obelisk of Axum

Aksum, Ethiopia

Obelisk of Axum

Massive stele returned to Ethiopia after 70 years in Rome.

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