Places tommimeckley2 Wants to Go

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

Unexplained bald patches in the landscape grow and recede over time, as though they are somehow alive.

Far from the shore, this sandy victim of the Skeleton Coast looks like it was plopped in the middle of the desert.

This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.

A desert that rolls right up to the ocean, where it's so dry animals live off the fog.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

Once living up to its name as the grandest hotel in all of Africa, the Grande Hotel is now home to a community of squatters.

From neon green watering holes to bleached elephant foetuses, this Mozambique museum makes natural history weird.

When humans abandoned this safari lodge, the lions took over.

Exploring the wilder, more passionate sibling of Erg Chebbi feels like discovering a secret sun-kissed planet from another galaxy.

This record setting conveyor belt system can even be seen from space.

Sleepy fishing port not included on many maps.

Morocco's largest Jewish cemetery.

The legacy of a Moroccan Jewish community is remembered at this little mouldering cemetery.

A mud brick kasbah with a history of lavishness and traitorship.

An abandoned horror film set sits eerily along a highway through Hollywood's "door to the desert."

An eerie former warehouse turned cistern turned movie set.

The largest cactus farm in Africa.

At this faithfully preserved medina off the Moroccan tourist circuit you can walk through six centuries of history in one day.

Numerous impressive carvings are embedded in the trees lining this street in Marrakech.

The oldest known university in the world is in Fez, Morocco.

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

Vast stretch of tide-pools with a unique Moroccan charm.

Traditional 11th-century outdoor tannery.