Places Sputnicktatorship Wants to Go

Burial site of the world's most widely known researcher on the endangered mountain gorilla.

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

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

Six rock shelters covered in abstract art created by ancient Ugandan tribes.

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

Uganda's smallest savannah park is home to over 350 species of birds and mammals.

The burial ground of four Buganda monarchs was nearly destroyed by a devastating fire.

A strangely forgotten claimant to the much contested title of "Source of the Nile."

A remote monument to one of the fiercest battles fought by the Victorian British Army.

Crumbling pyramids and temple ruins stand within the shadow of this sacred butte.

Remains of an abandoned coral city.

All that remains of Jacques Cousteau's 1960s underwater "village."

These Nubian pyramids are strange and unique, even by pyramid standards.

A hiking/biking/exploring trail that winds across over 140 miles of Rwandan shoreline.

Mount Nyiragongo has erupted at least 34 times since 1882 and is home to the world's largest lava lake.

The home of half the world's population of critically endangered mountain gorillas.

Where the White Nile River dramatically cascades between Lake Kyoga and Lake Albert in Uganda.

The world's first and only natural nuclear reactor.

The most biologically diverse protected area in Africa is also the most dangerous.

One of the last refuges of the endangered eastern lowland gorilla.

Nestled in Uganda's Semliki Valley Wildlife Reserve, is a one-of-a-kind safari lodge.

Spirits from these lakes are said to produce the local weather and odd phenomena as they bicker between themselves.

Deadliest lake in the world suffocated over 1,746 people in one night.

Home to pygmy hunter-gatherers, hundreds of animal and bird species, and the strange okapi, or forest giraffe.