Places stonoceno Wants to Go

Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.

A South African bar inside a hollowed out 6,000-year-old Baobab.

A British general, a suggestive tree, a map of paradise.

Over two-thirds of the world's population of giant tortoises live among this coral formation.

This abandoned bunker looks out over the Atlantic from its clifftop perch.

An island made out of shells, including a cemetery.

This giant statue is the product of a mixture of corruption, Stalinist architecture, and North Korean manpower.

Despite a fraught and controversial history this African island holds a powerful monument to the tragedy of the slave trade.

Over 4,700 miles of trees being planted to hold back the desert.

This deceptively salty lake looks like blushing pink lemonade.

This abandoned plantation was once witness to an eclipse that proved Einstein's theory of relativity.

Nature’s skyscraper launches out of the terrain with attitude.

After suggesting criminals be burned to death on this rock, a king's advisor suffered his own punishment.

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

A small Rwandan workshop where you'll find traditional works of art—made from cow dung.

A crypt believed by many Congolese to be a center of black magic.

This picturesque round lake is said to be home to the legendary Mokèlé-mbèmbé.

The innovative Nigerian floating school that may just be a glimpse into the future of design in a world of troubling climate changes.

The last remaining site of Yoruba worship of the fertility goddess.

The most remote tree in the world survived desertification, but not a drunk truck driver.

In Namibia there is an installation that explores the intertwined linguistics and existential beliefs of an imaginary community.

A public display of prehistoric space rocks is named for the Namibian village where they were found.

Held in a fort that once stood for colonization of the area, this museum now tells the history of its indigenous people.

Road signs in Namibia mark the location of one of the five major circles of latitude.