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

Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.

Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.

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

Over 4,700 miles of trees being planted to hold back the desert.

This deceptively salty lake looks like blushing pink lemonade.

Nature’s skyscraper launches out of the terrain with attitude.

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

Far from the shore, this sandy victim of the Skeleton Coast looks like it was plopped in the middle of the desert.

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

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

A mud brick kasbah with a history of lavishness and traitorship.

Vast stretch of tide-pools with a unique Moroccan charm.

An awe-inspiring mosque in Morocco with one of the tallest minarets in the world.

God's Saharan sandbox of wrath.

Rocky Atlantic beach home to a stunning stone arch.

The remains of a magnificent medieval fortress that was the capital of a vast empire.

One of the most spectacular canyons in the world.

This small group of sand dunes manages to pack in a strange rainbow of colors.

This fortified sand barrier dividing a contested territory is the longest minefield in the world.

The central mosque of this Mali town is entirely built from mud.

Fabulous formations, weird and wonderful wildlife.

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

A fortress-like granary that has been continually in use for more than nine centuries.