Rome, Italy
Santa Maria della Concezione Crypts
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
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Rome, Italy
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
Dakar, Senegal
This giant statue is the product of a mixture of corruption, Stalinist architecture, and North Korean manpower.
Monrovia, Liberia
Empty since 1989, now falling into ruin.
Paga, Ghana
The souls of the dead have made these Ghanese crocodiles shockingly docile.
Lome, Togo
The Voodoo Superstore of the world.
West Gonja, Ghana
At Ghana's largest wildlife refuge you feel like you're right in the animals' backyard.
Accra, Ghana
The clever workshop that has been designing some of the most unusual coffins imaginable.
Accra, Ghana
The world’s largest digital waste dump has become a site where organized criminals hack into confidential government data.
Cape Coast, Ghana
Where thousands of slaves passed through the "Door of No Return."
Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire
The world's largest church atop a political fault line.
Assin South, Ghana
This series of rope-style bridges brings visitors into a jungle layer that is usually reserved for birds and monkeys.