Djenne, Mali
Great Mud Mosque of Djenné
The central mosque of this Mali town is entirely built from mud.
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Djenne, Mali
The central mosque of this Mali town is entirely built from mud.
Blantyre, Malawi
This amateur-built East African church with mismatched towers is an architectural abnormality.
Liwonde, Malawi
A hollowed-out baobab that became the horrific final resting place of leprosy sufferers, with gruesome evidence to prove it.
Mampikony, Madagascar
Giant disc-shaped gate took 20 men to close off this city in Madagascar.
Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar
This underwater cave in Madagascar is home to what is thought to be the country's largest fossil graveyard.
Antsalova, Madagascar
Fabulous formations, weird and wonderful wildlife.
Madagascar
This picturesque island graveyard is the final resting place of dozens of notorious pirates.
Morondava, Madagascar
The centuries-old trees lining both sides of this dirt road may become Madagascar's first natural monument.
Tripoli, Libya
70 years of foreign military influence on the shores of Tripoli, Libya.
Libya
A deserted Bedouin village lines the shores of this stunning desert oasis.
Ajdabiya, Libya
Early Islamic mosque with several strange conical domes.
Al-Khums, Libya
Magnificent Roman ruins lie vulnerable to destruction on the edge of the Mediterranean.
Qasr al Hajj, Libya
A fortress-like granary that has been continually in use for more than nine centuries.
Gadamis, Libya
A beautiful oasis town dating back to the Roman period still serves as reprieve from the brutal summer sun in Libya.
Ghat, Libya
Landscape of bizarrely shaped desert mountains and innumerable rock carvings.
Iten, Kenya
The Kenyan town where the best distance runners in the world are trained.
Nairobi, Kenya
Strolling through these vintage locomotives offers a surprising amount of insight into the history of Kenya.
Lamu, Kenya
Kenya’s oldest town is more than 700 years old and home to 6,000 donkeys.
Nairobi, Kenya
A glass and sculpture wonderland forms an oasis in a remote part of Kenya.
Nairobi, Kenya
Kenyan restaurant is a carnivore's paradise, serving exotic meats at its ultimate 'Beast of a Feast.'
Marafa, Kenya
Strange sandstone canyon known as the "place broken by itself."
Kenya
Life and death are on parade at the most reliably perilous site of “the Great Migration.”
Nairobi, Kenya
Get tall with nature's lankiest beasts and their warthog friends at this Kenyan preserve.
Kenya
A salty cave excavated by elephants and the location of a deadly disease vector.