This small roadside eatery exists in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, as the equator runs right through it.

In Stone Town, Zanzibar, the city’s culture and history is told through its doors.

Only reachable by boat, a small Tanzanian national park is home to the chimpanzees that Jane Goodall spent her career studying.

Over the course of its history, this tiny island has held enslaved people in transit and served as a quarantine zone. Today, it's a giant tortoise sanctuary.

This monument is a stark reminder of the horrors of the Zanzibar slave trade.

In Zanzibar, a historic 19th-century palace is a reminder of the world's shortest war.

Freddie Mercury's childhood home is now a monument to the iconic Queen rockstar.

After sunset the heart of Zanzibar's historic Stone Town neighborhood transforms into a culinary playground.

Sitting atop a rock on Michamvi Pingwe beach, this restaurant becomes its own island at high tide.

The actual “Hotel Rwanda” that became a hiding place and refuge from the horrors of genocide in 1994.

This center in the Rwandan capital supports women’s livelihoods while educating visitors about traditional cooking, craft making, and more.

Art Nouveau beauty hidden deep in Cairo’s Al-Helmiya neighborhood.

The ancient village known as Set Maat, or the 'Place of Truth,' located on this site served as a hub for intellectual and artistic endeavors.

This unassuming tree stump reportedly traces its roots to the famous pharaoh queen's reign.

Standing atop 2nd-century Roman ruins, this church is one of the oldest and most iconic in Old Cairo.

A network of ancient Egyptian tombs built into the cliff face along the Nile.

One of its engravings is believed to be among the first representations of medical and surgical instruments.

This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

Known as the Sistine Chapel of Egypt, this tomb houses some of the most well-preserved paintings in Egypt.

One of the most well-preserved temples of ancient Egypt.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.