The U.S. military dumped millions dollars worth of goods off a beach in Vanuatu, purely to spite the British and French.

This South Pacific volcano has been blowing its stack for over 800 years and is said to be home to a cult leader waiting to be reborn.

The statue honors an adventurous seafaring cat.

Relics of Australia's convict past, and a modern scene of unimaginable horror.

A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.

Ancient artists in the middle of nowhere.

Napoleon’s home in exile, decorated with poisonous wallpaper.

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

Life and death are on parade at the most reliably perilous site of “the Great Migration.”

Stunning ruins of what was once the center of one of the greatest empires in East Africa.

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

A unique, eye-catching statue that carries an important message of hope.

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

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

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

Hidden dwellings in the cliffsides of North Togo used by local Moba tribes to evade 18th-century slave traders.

Africa's Venice on stilts.

A monument to the more than one million enslaved Africans deported from the port of Ouidah.

The inhabitants of the world’s largest wetland have learned to navigate its dramatic seasonal changes.

The world’s largest permanent desert lake is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

This cave located in the badlands of Somaliland contains some of the oldest cave art in Africa.

A MiG-17 fighter jet sits atop this memorial to the indiscriminate bombardment of Hargeisa.

Crumbling pyramids and temple ruins stand within the shadow of this sacred butte.

The tallest mud-brick structure in the world has been standing since the 1500s.