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Dine on roast goat inside a scrapped 1960s Soviet airplane.

A surprising number of shipwrecks visible just off the Somaliland coast.

A MiG-17 fighter jet sits atop this memorial to the indiscriminate bombardment of Hargeisa.

This cave located in the badlands of Somaliland contains some of the oldest cave art in Africa.

The world's largest bioluminescent area was undiscovered by science until 2005.

A salt lake dotted with steaming limestone chimneys.

Rimmed by white crusts of salt on every edge, Lac Assal is one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world.

Scrap material from around Eritrea finds a new life at this outdoor market, where upcycling is a lifestyle.

Wander among hulking piles of rusted machinery left over from the Eritrean-Ethiopian War.

Eritrea's futuristic gas station is a nod to Italy's fascist history.

Take a ride back in time with a steam locomotive trip through Eritrea’s mountainous countryside.

The inhabitants of the world’s largest wetland have learned to navigate its dramatic seasonal changes.

Every October, one of the largest migration of mammals in the world thunders through Boma National Park.

One of the largest early 20th-century bridges in Sudan.

Every Friday, Sufi dervishes whirl around the tomb in a trance-like state as part of a sacred ritual called dhikr.

These pillars are one of the few remnants from the mysterious lost empire of Makuria.

The best-preserved example of a unique structure in Nubian architecture.

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

Remains of an abandoned coral city.

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

The wreck of a World War II cargo ship has become an unintentional time capsule at the bottom of the Red Sea.

Hidden away in a back alley, this Art Nouveau cafe has been in business since 1882.

There are ongoing efforts to preserve this village, the best known work of Egyptian architect Hasan Fathy.

This North African stone complex is considered to be the oldest astronomical observatory on Earth.