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The world's largest ship graveyard is the product of decades of corruption.

Both an engineering feat and a monument to bad colonial politics.

The second largest monolith in the world was once betrayed by its lover, Ben Aicha.

On a secluded beach is one of the few shipwrecks left on the shores of Mauritania.

An architectural relic that survived the hands of time.

Initially meant to immortalize the valor of the colonizer, this monument is now a symbol of Mauritanian resistance.

This fortified sand barrier dividing a contested territory is the longest minefield in the world.

The first mosque in Ghana is known as the "Mecca of West Africa."

At Ghana's largest wildlife refuge you feel like you're right in the animals' backyard.

Where thousands of slaves passed through the "Door of No Return."

This series of rope-style bridges brings visitors into a jungle layer that is usually reserved for birds and monkeys.

The true jewel of Africa's west coast known as "Africa's Last Eden."

Built by Portuguese colonizers, the palace is now the seat of power for the independent nation.

Not only does this shop sell mokorotlo, the traditional hat of Lesotho, the building is shaped like one.

This sandstone plateau once served as a stronghold for Lesotho's King Moshoeshoe I and his subjects.

Just outside Lesotho's capital city, a rock formation takes the shape of a powerful predator.

An 18th-century hideout became a permanent and ongoing residence for one Lesotho tribe.

This remarkably well-preserved mosque stands amid an 11th-century caravansary.

A geological bull's-eye visible from outer space.

Fabulous formations, weird and wonderful wildlife.

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

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

A prodigious pachyderm lurks among Malawi’s inselbergs.

In Malawi, this is where the lion sleeps tonight.