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An obelisk marks the spot where a British explorer's heart was buried before the rest of his body was transported to England.

After sunset the heart of Zanzibar's historic Stone Town neighborhood transforms into a culinary playground.

This slowly crumbling mansion was home to one of East Africa's richest and most powerful slave traders.

An exquisite and eclectic selection of African masks stands out within a massive woodcarving marketplace.

Tracks of ceratosaurus and Coelophysis rhodesiensis tracks can be found fossilized in the sandstone near Mt. Etjo.

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

Welded sphere dropped from space.

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

This odd little home was built right into an African rock face.

Bizarre living fossil only grows in a small chunk of the Namib Desert.

A hollowed-out baobab that became the horrific final resting place of leprosy sufferers, with gruesome evidence to prove it.

This amateur-built East African church with mismatched towers is an architectural abnormality.

The historic cave is both a symbol of superstition and black magic and inspired one of the early Christian converts in Botswana.

This trio of bronze giants celebrate the influential trip to Britain that led to Botswana's independence.

The skull of an ancient hominid was discovered at this spot.

There is only one place in the world where the corners of four nations come together.

The world's highest and most dangerous infinity pool lies at the precipice of Victoria Falls.

These naturally balancing rocks were pictured on every Zimbabwean banknote, up to the 100 trillion-dollar note.

This rural Sri Lankan village hides a cluster of small, enigmatic stupas.

These abandoned ruins in the middle of Jaffna have withstood centuries of tumultuous power struggles.

To gaze upon the visage of Sri Lanka's biggest Buddha, one must first pass through the Tunnel of Hell.

This peaceful, round shrine in the middle of the Sri Lankan jungle acts as a beacon of peace.

According to Hindu belief, this shallow island chain was created by a god with an army of monkeys.

A massive fallen water tank bombed by the Tamil Tigers in the final stages of the long Sri Lankan Civil War.