The Temple Mount in Jerusalem is one, Yosemite Valley and Ayers Rock are others. A traveler is lucky to encounter a handful in a lifetime of journeys. For me, the Acropolis exerted an irresistible ...

This story appears in the July 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. From the air, the centuries-old temple appears and ... the oceans encircling Mount Meru, mythical home of Hindu gods.

This story appears in the July 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. They hang from the cold, stone ceiling of an ancient Maya temple like a bunch of fuzzy grayfruits, staring down at us ...