Sample cacao fruit and learn all about bean production.

At Ghana's largest wildlife refuge you feel like you're right in the animals' backyard.

Topless shrine of northern Ghana.

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

An enormous public square and parade ground built to celebrate Ghana's independence.

Where thousands of slaves passed through the "Door of No Return."

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.

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

An ocean in the making, in the Ethiopian desert.

An Ethiopian cloud forest protects some of the last wild arabica plants.

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

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

Ethiopia's "smoking mountain" is in one of the hottest regions on the planet and is home to two lava lakes.

The hottest place on the planet.

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.

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

Scrap material from around Eritrea finds a new life at this outdoor market, where upcycling is a lifestyle.

Wander among hulking piles of rusted machinery left over from the Eritrean-Ethiopian War.

Eritrea's futuristic gas station is a nod to Italy's fascist history.

The largest Christian church in the country is a complicated symbol of Spanish colonialism.

This village surrounded by breathtaking waterfalls is one of the wettest places on earth.

An abandoned outdoor movie theater in the Sinai desert.