Places stonoceno Wants to Go

The first mosque in Ghana is known as the "Mecca of West Africa."

Where thousands of slaves passed through the "Door of No Return."

At Ghana's largest wildlife refuge you feel like you're right in the animals' backyard.

This series of rope-style bridges brings visitors into a jungle layer that is usually reserved for birds and monkeys.

The world's first and only natural nuclear reactor.

The true jewel of Africa's west coast known as "Africa's Last Eden."

Rusting railcars and locomotive equipment fill this Ethiopian train graveyard.

A powerful tribute to the victims who suffered under Ethiopia's most devastating regime.

Ethiopian standing stones featuring remarkably preserved carvings of swords and people.

An ocean in the making, in the Ethiopian desert.

Massive stele returned to Ethiopia after 70 years in Rome.

Supposedly this Ethiopian chapel holds the Ark of the Covenant, guarded by virgins who cannot leave the building.

An ancient Ethiopian cave church is endangered by the simple building of a road.

An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.

Ethiopia's "smoking mountain" is in one of the hottest regions on the planet and is home to two lava lakes.

The hottest place on the planet.

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.

Scattered monuments in the middle of the Sahara dedicated to the late Egyptian actor and desert explorer.

An abandoned outdoor movie theater in the Sinai desert.

Giant pigeon houses packed into city streets in Egypt.

Source for a sizable portion of Egypt's freshwater supply is more than an optical illusion.

Slum Settlement Filled With Mountains of Garbage.

Hundreds of thousands of ancient documents offer a unique glimpse into Jewish life in Cairo.

A huge museum of much more than just agriculture displayed in a princess's palace.