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South Africa's postal service began with a letter left in a boot beneath this tree.

Home to some of the oldest hominid fossils ever found.

Mined to a depth of 240 meters with a perimeter of about 1.6 km, the largest hand-dug excavation in the world.

The tallest residential building in Africa is an unsettling Brutalist monolith.

This historic observatory was established to keep shipwrecks from littering the Cape of Good Hope.

Largest cave system in Africa.

Traditional 11th-century outdoor tannery.

A mythical garden that once grew the golden apples of wisdom is said to have existed in this ancient Moroccan city.

The true depths of these stunning Moroccan caves are unknown.

An awe-inspiring mosque in Morocco with one of the tallest minarets in the world.

Thousands of narrow alleyways in an ancient medieval city make up what's believed to be the world's largest car-free urban zone.

The other side is actually green.

Crumbling necropolis set high above Fez.

God's Saharan sandbox of wrath.

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

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

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.

Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.

An abandoned water park overtaken by the dunes.

Over a million items cram the shelves at Africa's largest shop of used and rare books.

Hidden in the hills is a mysterious stone structure, known only to a few.

This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.