Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.

The abandoned tower is the last remnant of Lusaka's first major power plant.

Based on a real event, the statue is dedicated to those who fought and died for Zambia's independence.

An obelisk marks the spot where a British explorer's heart was buried before the rest of his body was transported to England.

The petrified remains of 150-million-year-old trees can be seen in and among the houses of the local villagers.

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

This church with Italian style frescos was constructed by European internees in Zimbabwe during World War II.

A time capsule from 1934 Rhodesia, showing the grace and disgrace of a bygone era.

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

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

Kenyan restaurant is a carnivore's paradise, serving exotic meats at its ultimate 'Beast of a Feast.'

Life and death are on parade at the most reliably perilous site of “the Great Migration.”

Just outside of Nairobi lies a large estate surrounded by endangered Rothschild giraffes, who have been fed from the window by Mick Jagger and Walter Cronkite.

This colonial fort is an intriguing example of Renaissance military architecture.

This urban park is home to monkeys and a number of endangered plants.

The Kenyan town where the best distance runners in the world are trained.

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

Drink and dine in a coral cave that's at least 120,000 years old.

A hub of information on tropical diseases and their treatments.

A 14th-century European chapel sticks out of the facade of a Japanese hotel.

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

This mysterious but iconic tapered tower appears in many Azeri fairytales and legends.

Foreign invaders almost left this lovely Caucasus palace alone—almost.

The building's fluid, wavelike walls are a true feat of architectural ingenuity.