Places Pengwn Wants to Go

The largest madrasa in Morocco once housed more than 900 students within its exquisite walls.

The oldest monument in Marrakesh and the city's only surviving example of Almoravid architecture.

This vast masterpiece of Moroccan architecture spreads across 20 acres.

Hidden behind mountains in Morocco, a remote town hides a thriving surfing community.

This beautifully verdant lagoon is tucked below a massive volcano in a crater atop a black pebble beach.

The chefs at El Diablo use heat generated by an active volcano to cook the food.

The central mosque of this Mali town is entirely built from mud.

Rocky Atlantic beach home to a stunning stone arch.

Exploring the wilder, more passionate sibling of Erg Chebbi feels like discovering a secret sun-kissed planet from another galaxy.

God's Saharan sandbox of wrath.

Africa's Venice on stilts.

A labor of love and aviation in Nigeria.

The most remote tree in the world survived desertification, but not a drunk truck driver.

The most alien-looking place on Earth.

Located in Nairobi National Park, this animal orphanage is the oldest of its kind in Kenya.

An ocean in the making, in the Ethiopian desert.

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

Where the White Nile River dramatically cascades between Lake Kyoga and Lake Albert in Uganda.

This small roadside eatery exists in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, as the equator runs right through it.

A memorial marks the spot where a plane crash killed several United Nations members on a peace mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

One of the last refuges of the endangered eastern lowland gorilla.

Africa's fourth longest river originates from a burbling spring in a secluded stretch of woods.

The world's first and only natural nuclear reactor.

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