A crypt believed by many Congolese to be a center of black magic.

The oldest building in Hargeisa survived the 1988 bombings that destroyed some 90 percent of the city.

This nightlife venue and cultural center keeps a unique Ethiopian musical tradition alive in the nation’s capital, but breakneck urban development threatens to shut it down.

Dine on roast goat inside a scrapped 1960s Soviet airplane.

This bright green structure is the final resting place of the 16th-century leader responsible for building the walls around Harar.

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

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

The Cape of Good Hope is not quite as low as you can go on the African continent, but it's still geographically significant.

This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.

A sobering account of the vibrant multicultural neighborhood that was destroyed under apartheid.

Despite many attempts to finish this overpass, it has been abandoned since the 1970s.

Haven for Cape Fur Seals, until the Ring of Death of jumping Great White Sharks arrives.

A seemingly desolate park that belongs to two countries actually supports all kinds of wildlife.

Not only does this shop sell mokorotlo, the traditional hat of Lesotho, the building is shaped like one.

This sandstone plateau once served as a stronghold for Lesotho's King Moshoeshoe I and his subjects.

Take a step into the Cretaceous Period with these preserved dinosaur tracks.

Home to some of the oldest hominid fossils ever found.

Nelson Mandela lived here with his family from 1946 until his arrest in 1962.

Two giant painted cooling towers make for one of the world’s most epic bungee jumps.

A giant concrete Brutalist water tower in suburban Johannesburg.

This monument is a stark reminder of the horrors of the Zanzibar slave trade.

This granite mountain is the largest rock in Africa and the second-largest monolith in the world.

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

The centuries-old trees lining both sides of this dirt road may become Madagascar's first natural monument.