Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.

This towering totem holds the title for the tallest in the world but only according to some.

This medieval manuscript collection has some of the most obscure and ancient texts in the world.

Despite producing just a handful of movies, a brave and lyrical filmmaker has an entire museum dedicated to him.

Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.

The tallest sea cliffs on the Southern Hemisphere are a climber's worst nightmare.

Though dynamited and defaced, the statue still stands outside the law courts in Georgetown, Guyana.

The oldest museum in Borneo is a cornucopia of rare taxidermy and human skulls.

One of the largest caverns in the world has a maw large enough to stack cathedrals in.

The unique funeral practices of the Toraja can be seen here with graves carved into caves and hung off cliffs.

Site of the largest volcanic eruption in the last 25 million years, one which may have nearly wiped out humanity altogether.

Where cemeteries are carved into the side of cliffs and infants are buried in the hollows of trees.

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

Three wildly colorful calderas top this otherworldly volcano chain.

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

A museum now occupies the mansion in Samoa where the prolific Scottish writer chose to spend the last years of his life.

Aqua white sand highlighted with fiery red rocks.

Nine limestone rock stacks on Australia's "Shipwreck Coast."

One of the best beaches in the entire world.

Where thousands of slaves passed through the "Door of No Return."

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