Places tommimeckley2 Wants to Go

Just outside of Nairobi lies a large estate surrounded by endangered Rothschild giraffes, who have been fed from the window by Mick Jagger and Walter Cronkite.

Abandoned city hidden from the world by tropical forest and isolation on the coast of Kenya.

The world's largest church atop a political fault line.

Living inside a fearsome reptile in the Ivory Coast.

The world’s largest digital waste dump has become a site where organized criminals hack into confidential government data.

The clever workshop that has been designing some of the most unusual coffins imaginable.

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

Topless shrine of northern Ghana.

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.

The souls of the dead have made these Ghanese crocodiles shockingly docile.

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

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

The world's first and only natural nuclear reactor.

Rusting railcars and locomotive equipment fill this Ethiopian train graveyard.

The skeletal remains of the famous hominid "Lucy" were found at this spot.

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

Reaching the "Church in the Sky" requires scaling the cliff face of a sandstone pinnacle with a 650-foot drop.

Massive stele returned to Ethiopia after 70 years in Rome.

An ocean in the making, in the Ethiopian desert.

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

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