The other side is actually green.

Rocky Atlantic beach home to a stunning stone arch.

World's largest film studio, where visitors tour the decaying sets that litter the harsh desert environment.

Mosaics, storks, and brothels—this ancient city has it all.

One of the most spectacular canyons in the world.

Morocco's Argania trees are infested with nut-hungry goats.

Only two of these trees remain in the natural world, found high in the cloud forest of the island of Mauritius.

The “Thumb” of Mauritius provides a 360 degree view of the entire country.

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

Five ancient libraries, little changed for centuries, preserve a medieval archive of Quranic lore and civic documents

A geological bull's-eye visible from outer space.

These homes carved into the mountains seem to defy the laws of nature.

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

This picturesque island graveyard is the final resting place of dozens of notorious pirates.

Fabulous formations, weird and wonderful wildlife.

This underwater cave in Madagascar is home to what is thought to be the country's largest fossil graveyard.

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

Final resting place of one of Africa's most famous conservationists, murdered by bandits.

Kenyan restaurant is a carnivore's paradise, serving exotic meats at its ultimate 'Beast of a Feast.'

Get tall with nature's lankiest beasts and their warthog friends at this Kenyan preserve.

Abandoned city hidden from the world by tropical forest and isolation on the coast of Kenya.

Magnificent Roman ruins lie vulnerable to destruction on the edge of the Mediterranean.

A beautiful oasis town dating back to the Roman period still serves as reprieve from the brutal summer sun in Libya.

Landscape of bizarrely shaped desert mountains and innumerable rock carvings.