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Serengeti

Join the Migration in the Serengeti

Hordes of wildlife travel 300 miles across the “land of endless space” in the largest migration on Earth

Iguazu Falls

An Illuminated View of Iguazu Falls

A series of 200 separate waterfalls, Iguazu is best viewed when the river is high and the moon is full

The Louvre

The Louvre’s Priceless Masterpieces

Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo are just two of the works housed within the walls of this fortress-turned-royal palace-turned-museum

Zen Garden of Kyoto

The Tranquil Zen Garden of Kyoto

With Zen rocks strategically placed in carefully raked white sand, the Ryoan-ji garden evokes peace and beauty

One of the "seven wonders" of the ancient world, Ephesus was almost four times larger than the Parthenon in Athens.

Exploring Ancient Ephesus

Ruled over the centuries by Greek, Persian, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman empires, there is much to see of the city’s former splendor

Angkor Wat

The Grandeur of Angkor Wat

The 12th century temple is the worlds largest religious structure and a jewel of Khmer architectural style

Uffizi Gallery

The Resilient Uffizi Gallery

Having survived bombings and floods, the Florence, Italy museum is home to a priceless collection of art

The Great Barrier Reef

Diving Into the Great Barrier Reef

Beautiful beaches and unrivaled underwater views lure lovers of marine life to the world’s largest coral reef

Amazon Rain Forest

Exploring the Amazon Rain Forest

With an ecosystem under siege, every moment in this wild wonderland is one to savor

Venice

Venice’s Timeless Splendor

The enchanting city celebrates its Middle Age and Renaissance glory through its art, architecture and enduring spirit

Fallingwater

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Most Beautiful Work

Fallingwater, a southwest Pennsylvania house designed by the famous architect, allows residents to live within a waterfall

Parthenon

The Parthenon’s Old World Order

After a recent restoration, the center of the Athenian Acropolis and symbol of Western democracy still inspires

Galápagos Islands

The Beautiful and Bizarre Galapagos Islands

Evolution disciples and the merely curious can experience conspicuously adapted wildlife off the coast of Ecuador

Antarctica

The Wild Extremes of Antarctica

The coldest and windiest place on Earth is still largely undiscovered

Mount Kilimanjaro

Hiking Mount Kilimanjaro

A trek up the world’s tallest freestanding mountain takes you through five different ecosystems and offers a stunning 19,340-foot view

The massive neoclassical market is divided into rows of icy seafood stalls and, in the attached building, kiosks filled with cuts of meat and butcher blocks.

Snapshot: Athens Central Market

More than 30,000 people mingle every day at Dimotiki Agora, the city’s busiest markets

Bright idea: Wolfgang Ketterle (in his M.I.T lab) hopes to discover new forms of matter by studying ultracold atoms.

The Coldest Place in the Universe

Physicists in Massachusetts come to grips with the lowest possible temperature: absolute zero

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Sound and Fury

Norman Mailer’s anger and towering ego propelled-and undermined-his prodigious output

To learn how the mind works, biologist Laurie Santos (with a research subject on Cayo Santiago) studies a seemingly paradoxical question: Do monkeys assume that people act like monkeys?

Thinking Like a Monkey

What do our primate cousins know and when do they know it? Researcher Laurie Santos is trying to read their minds

Orcas swim in ice floes.

Wild Things

Life as We Know It

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