This funeral home had the honor, if that is the correct word, of hosting the funeral of the famous Sacco and Vanzetti.

This area was once known for being a lawless haven for rough-and-tumble sailors, earning the maritime-themed nickname "the black sea."

The strikingly modern structure stands out among the brick buildings speckling the Harvard Business School's campus.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

This bronze statue was erected to honor a small Scottish town's beloved stray cat.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.

This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.

Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.

This red lake 4,000 meters above sea level is home to rare flamingos.

On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

A valley of unique erosion patterns lends to a view like nothing on Earth.

Over the centuries, this island paradise has done it all, from providing monks with ecclesiastical respite to sheltering an exiled Leon Trotsky.

This former Imperial summer home was the venue for a royal slap that once echoed 'round the world.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

This deceiving white sand beach gets its brilliant hue from the chemical discharge of a nearby factory.

Windblown rock formations in an ancient Roman quarry.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

A controversial memorial at the place where Captain Cook met his violent end.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.