Take a ride back in time with a steam locomotive trip through Eritrea’s mountainous countryside.

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.

Every Friday, Sufi dervishes whirl around the tomb in a trance-like state as part of a sacred ritual called dhikr.

One of the largest early 20th-century bridges in Sudan.

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

Every October, one of the largest migration of mammals in the world thunders through Boma National Park.

This century-old site established by King Mwezi Gisabo preserves the art of Burundi's ancient drum rituals.

These natural wonders have taken millennia to form into the stunning marvels they are today.

Camels and crocodiles share the black waters of this stunning Saharan oasis.

The most remote tree in the world survived desertification, but not a drunk truck driver.

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

In this African village, the walls of the chief's compound are painted with beautiful traditional designs.

These mysterious 1,000-year-old walls have revealed little about their past.

The most important and best preserved remnant of West Africa's powerful Songhai Empire.

One of Western Africa's oldest mosques, this Timbuktu icon has stood for nearly 700 years.

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

When the sun sets, the customers arrive—but they’re not human.

Mysterious tombstones thought to be remnants of Atlantis.

A resort destroyed by a mysterious bombing offers visitors only its remains and the riddle behind it's demise.

An alien landscape on the banks of the Aegean Sea.

A miniature desert appears out of nowhere on the lush isle of Lemnos, like something out of a Greek myth.

Sex curse discovered on ancient tablet in Cyprus.

For nearly 2,000 years this church has been waging war on local snakes by importing cats.