Places risingsperanza Wants to Go

A rustic place to spend the night, complete with amazing quiver trees and outsider art.

Hitch a boat ride to dine on stilts while watching wildlife.

A public display of prehistoric space rocks is named for the Namibian village where they were found.

A rare cluster of alien-like plants grows along a dusty highway.

Tracks of ceratosaurus and Coelophysis rhodesiensis tracks can be found fossilized in the sandstone near Mt. Etjo.

Welded sphere dropped from space.

Known as "The People's Park," this verdant oasis is home to elephants and villagers alike.

The ruins of this mining boom town stand like skeletal reminders of the settlement's dark history.

This deceptively beautiful island was once home to a German concentration camp and known as "Death Island."

Unexplained bald patches in the landscape grow and recede over time, as though they are somehow alive.

Ten shipwreck-shaped chalets lie along the sand dunes on Namibia’s Skeleton Coast.

The largest known meteorite on Earth was too big to move.

Bizarre living fossil only grows in a small chunk of the Namib Desert.

This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.

Far from the shore, this sandy victim of the Skeleton Coast looks like it was plopped in the middle of the desert.

A desert that rolls right up to the ocean, where it's so dry animals live off the fog.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

Road signs in Namibia mark the location of one of the five major circles of latitude.

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

Over 120,000 curious objects that have shaped our modern world.

The humble beginnings of one of America’s greatest songsmiths.

More than a century after her death, Little Gracie Watson remains one of Savannah's most often-visited residents.

This beautiful, all-in-one museum, private residence, and bed and breakfast houses a rich collection of African art.