Places Pupuliini Wants to Go

A giant chameleon, with a fascinating purpose.

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.

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

This granite mountain is the largest rock in Africa and the second-largest monolith in the world.

Once living up to its name as the grandest hotel in all of Africa, the Grande Hotel is now home to a community of squatters.

This rusted shipwreck directly in front of a century-old abandoned lighthouse looks almost surreal.

The largest prehistoric ruins south of the Sahara, once a powerful center of international trade.

These naturally balancing rocks were pictured on every Zimbabwean banknote, up to the 100 trillion-dollar note.

Once a meeting point for Swahili slave traders, this ancient tree is now a monument to those killed by the slave trade.

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

The world's highest and most dangerous infinity pool lies at the precipice of Victoria Falls.

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

In 1962, the ocean severed this peninsula—and the village that sat on it—from the Angolan mainland.

This striking otherworldly landscape outside Angola's capital city is the product of millions of years of erosion.

Built by a North Korean team this monument to African dictator Laurent Kabila has a suspiciously Kim Jong Il shaped body.

Also known as the Limete Tower, la Tour de l'Échangeur can be seen from almost everywhere in Kinshasa.

The tallest building in the Republic of the Congo is a source of pride despite its towering maintenance costs.

The world's first and only natural nuclear reactor.

This picturesque round lake is said to be home to the legendary Mokèlé-mbèmbé.

The "Versailles of the Jungle" built by a dictator is now a decaying shadow of its hubristic grandeur.

A lighthouse marking the northernmost point of continental South America.

Shipwrecks, ruins, and turtles are all that remain on this haunting Caribbean ghost island.

This tiny tropical village was sick of anonymity so the locals made this sign, which actually changed the name of the town.