Places Megan Johnson Wants to Go

South Africa's postal service began with a letter left in a boot beneath this tree.

Mined to a depth of 240 meters with a perimeter of about 1.6 km, the largest hand-dug excavation in the world.

Largest cave system in Africa.

An abandoned water park overtaken by the dunes.

Hidden in the hills is a mysterious stone structure, known only to a few.

This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.

Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.

A South African bar inside a hollowed out 6,000-year-old Baobab.

Spanning over 10,000 square miles, this ancient salt pan is one of the largest on the planet.

There is only one place in the world where the corners of four nations come together.

Wondrous stalactites house thousands of bats in these African caves.

Did Gustav Eiffel design this enigmatic metal building?

Spirits from these lakes are said to produce the local weather and odd phenomena as they bicker between themselves.

Deadliest lake in the world suffocated over 1,746 people in one night.

A labor of love and aviation in Nigeria.

The innovative Nigerian floating school that may just be a glimpse into the future of design in a world of troubling climate changes.

The last remaining site of Yoruba worship of the fertility goddess.

Dozens of snakes are housed and worshipped within the walls of this Vodun temple.

Africa's Venice on stilts.

The Voodoo Superstore of the world.

Hidden dwellings in the cliffsides of North Togo used by local Moba tribes to evade 18th-century slave traders.

The world's most remote memorial to the victims of the UTA Flight 772 disaster.

These homes carved into the mountains seem to defy the laws of nature.

Over 4,700 miles of trees being planted to hold back the desert.