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The ideal location for an immersive ecological experience.

A history of European missionaries in Malawi.

This amateur-built East African church with mismatched towers is an architectural abnormality.

A hollowed-out baobab that became the horrific final resting place of leprosy sufferers, with gruesome evidence to prove it.

The most important and best preserved remnant of West Africa's powerful Songhai Empire.

One of Western Africa's oldest mosques, this Timbuktu icon has stood for nearly 700 years.

Every year, people come together to cover this mud-brick mosque with a fresh layer of earth.

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

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

Dating back to 1812, this is the oldest racecourse in the Southern Hemisphere.

Proof of ancient aliens, or simply a creative way for farm laborers to clear their fields?

Dive into an undersea optical illusion off the coast of Mauritius.

This small group of sand dunes manages to pack in a strange rainbow of colors.

The “Thumb” of Mauritius provides a 360 degree view of the entire country.

From neon green watering holes to bleached elephant foetuses, this Mozambique museum makes natural history weird.

The tallest mud-brick structure in the world has been standing since the 1500s.

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

The haunting beauty of this little-visited wreck makes it a true hidden treasure.

A miniature park, fairy garden, milkshake bar, museum, and micronation in one.

On the grounds of a game lodge, a path decorated with the skulls of all kinds of animals.

The world’s most biodiverse place when it comes to plants.

A brutalist war memorial piercing through the rolling farm landscape.

The tallest waterfall in the region is named after a capital far, far away.

The first successful human heart transplant is depicted through wax figures at the hospital where it the surgery took place.