Through Professor Hale's vibrant commentary and extensive field footage, you discover monumental ancient cities, classical ruins, temples, shrines, fortresses, stadiums, theaters, churches, and palaces. In each site, you explore the critical history and culture that defined them and the ways in which they influenced our modern world. In their compelling historical and visual detail, the lectures offer both a rich resource for travelers preparing to...

See footage taken inside Marble's quarry, relive Colorado's pioneering railroad history, view wildlife and witness the aspens as they change color. See some of the most remote and scenic areas of the Colorado Rockies.

Take the trip of a lifetime to the most unique travel spots the world has to offer. Five continents beckon, with such storied destinations as the Costa Rican rainforest, the volcanoes of New Zealand and Fiji, the Scottish Highlands, and the fabled Kenyan Masai Plains. Also on the itinerary is Andalusia in ancient Spain, and the fabled sites of the Holy Land, which includes the River Jordan, the Dead Sea, and the Sea of Galilee. Other points of interest:...

"Provides a revealing look at the inner workings of the Vatican, from the secret archives to the Swiss guards, as well as some of the treasures locked inside."--From publisher description.

"Machu Picchu is one of the earth's magical places. The ruined city seems to be the work of giants, full of mysteries, unwilling to reveal its secrets. Nevertheless, more than any other place, it has become the symbol of the vanished culture of its architects, the Incas. They were at the height of their power when they were smitten by a hitherto unknown disease: the instiable greed for gold which the Europeans introduced to America. This has been...

Features many different cities, including: Athens and Delphi, the Greek Islands, and more.

Through the world of scuba diving you can discover what the other 75% of our water planet looks like. View underwater footage from Fiji, New Zealand, Hawaii, Grand Cayman Island, the Bahamas, Bermuda, the Florida Keys, and even Ohio. Includes excerpts from National Geographic television programs and articles and interviews with aquanaut Sylvia Earle and photographers David Doubilet and Brian Skerry.

Features footage of some of the world's most exotic and beautiful roads, rivers, and trails filmed in high definition and spanning six continents, from to Europe, Alaska, Africa, the Amazon, and beyond, and introduces people along the way who share the ancient customs that have been preserved for centuries.

This video explores Saint Petersburg, including the landscape, cultural venues, monuments and history of the city.

Walk along paths at the Acropolis that were once trod by Socrates and other great philosophers. Explore the isle of Santorini with its famed Aegean architecture, and visit the picturesque windmills of Myconos. In Crete, examine the ruins of Knossos, where the legendary King Minos lived. And in Delphi, learn of the oracles who foretold the future.