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Santa María del Tule, Mexico
El Árbol del Tule (The Tule Tree)
The stoutest tree in the world.
Paro, Bhutan
Paro Taktsang
The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.
Nye, Nevada
Yucca Mountain Repository
Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.
Sandy, Utah
Mormon Genealogical Archives
Step into the cool deep past and unknown future of who begat who.
Khewra, Pakistan
Khewra Salt Mines
The world's second largest salt mine, said to have been discovered by Alexander the Great's horse.
Livermore, California
National Ignition Facility
Location of the most powerful laser in the world, and the potential birthplace of tiny stars.
El Paso, Texas
Hueco Tanks
Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.
Bolzano, Italy
Ötzi the Iceman
Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.
Galway, Ireland
The Calendar Sundial
Modern sundial uses ancient methods to tell time and date perfectly.
Bylakuppe, India
Bylakuppe
The world's largest Tibetan refugee settlement.
Abhaneri, India
Chand Baori
Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.
Dowth, Ireland
Newgrange
The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.
Saint Lunaire-Griquet, Newfoundland and Labrador
L'Anse Aux Meadows
An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.
Urfa, Turkey
Balıklıgöl
A sacred lake with thousands of sacred carp and a biblical history.
Peebles, Ohio
The Great Serpent Mound
The largest earthwork effigy in the world.
Boulder, Colorado
NIST-F1 Cesium Fountain Atomic Clock
The clock that sets them all.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Ta Prohm
A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.
Cherrapunjee, India
The Root Bridges of Cherrapunji
Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.
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