This Dakar museum exhibits artworks and artifacts honoring the daily lives of Senegalese women.

This park was designated by UNESCO as an Endangered World Heritage site.

Despite a fraught and controversial history this African island holds a powerful monument to the tragedy of the slave trade.

This deceptively salty lake looks like blushing pink lemonade.

This center in the Rwandan capital supports women’s livelihoods while educating visitors about traditional cooking, craft making, and more.

This breathtaking island on Rwanda’s Lake Kivu is a haven for thousands of fruit bats.

A small Rwandan workshop where you'll find traditional works of art—made from cow dung.

A hiking/biking/exploring trail that winds across over 140 miles of Rwandan shoreline.

On one of the world's most active volcanoes, a pebble-filled crater changes color with the wind.

At the center of an island in the middle of the Indian Ocean is a deep chasm ringed by tall waterfalls.

This picturesque round lake is said to be home to the legendary Mokèlé-mbèmbé.

This igneous rock monolith towers above the surrounding landscape just outside the Nigerian capital.

This Nigerian nature reserve is home to the longest canopy walkway in Africa.

The last remaining site of Yoruba worship of the fertility goddess.

These ancient giraffes are the largest known animal petroglyphs in the world.

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

Known as "The People's Park," this verdant oasis is home to elephants and villagers alike.

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

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

A rare cluster of alien-like plants grows along a dusty highway.

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

Ten shipwreck-shaped chalets lie along the sand dunes on Namibia’s Skeleton Coast.

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

The largest known meteorite on Earth was too big to move.