Tubmanburg, Liberia
Bomi Blue Lake
An abandoned mine pit is now a beautiful, colorful attraction.
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Tubmanburg, Liberia
An abandoned mine pit is now a beautiful, colorful attraction.
Maseru, Lesotho
Just outside Lesotho's capital city, a rock formation takes the shape of a powerful predator.
Chaoui, Lebanon
Surrounded by natural bridges, this picturesque waterfall drops hundreds of feet into an underground cave.
Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
An intimate look into the apartments of Jounieh via cable car.
Jitta, Lebanon
A monumental underground karstic wonderland is also the water source for over a million citizens of Beirut.
Beiteddine, Lebanon
After this one-of-a-kind palace was built the architect's hands are said to have been cut off to keep it that way.
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Lived-in building, bedecked with an astonishing array of mirror mosaics.
Zoor, Kuwait
Wander among the ghostly ruins of an island where civilization flourished for thousands of years.
Peru
Once the center of the largest missionary operation in South America, this convent now hosts a museum and library.
Francisco Uh May, Mexico
Hidden in the jungle is a botanical ‘Barbapa dream’ art center in the Yucatan rainforest.
Negril, Jamaica
You may get stranded and everyone's peeing in the water, but at least there's cocktails!
Negril, Jamaica
Cavernous opening completely encased in Karst limestone.
Haiti
This iconic fortress was once the crown jewel of Haiti's national defense.
Milot, Haiti
The royal seat of Henri Christophe, a formerly enslaved man who became Haiti's only king.
Haut Saut d'Eau, Haiti
Thousands of Haitians travel to the waterfalls to ask the Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel and her voodoo counterpart Erzulie for healing in a yearly pilgrimage.
Grenada
Rare signs of the former Soviet Union in the Caribbean, though not where you'd expect them.
Saint George's, Grenada
A gallery of underwater art that can be visited by man and fish alike.
Accra, Ghana
An enormous public square and parade ground built to celebrate Ghana's independence.
Cape Coast, Ghana
Where thousands of slaves passed through the "Door of No Return."
West Gonja, Ghana
At Ghana's largest wildlife refuge you feel like you're right in the animals' backyard.
Nahouri, Burkina Faso
In this African village, the walls of the chief's compound are painted with beautiful traditional designs.
Albadarr, Gambia
A tiny island home to a former English slave fort.
Naboutini, Fiji
This garden boasts a magnificent collection of orchids and a spectacular view of the surrounding valley.
Asmara, Eritrea
Wander among hulking piles of rusted machinery left over from the Eritrean-Ethiopian War.