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The underwater ballroom
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100 Wonders: The Underwater Ballroom

The abandoned room beneath a lake was built by extravagant Victorian criminal Whitaker Wright.
Dylan Thuras March 3, 2016
underwater

Brazil's Plans For A $250 Million Spy-Proof Underwater Cable To Europe

Erik Shilling February 25, 2016
Sac Aktun Cenote aka Pet Cemetary Cenote
Tulum, Mexico

Pet Cemetery Cenote

An ancient system of freshwater caves filled with animal bones, including that of species long-extinct.
The caverns and chambers of the Molnár János cave are large, larger than inactive caves in Budapest and are still being formed.
caves

The Labyrinthine 'Underground Flower Garden' Caves Beneath Budapest

Jennifer Walker December 9, 2015
C.Y. O'Connor Horse and Rider
North Coogee, Australia

C.Y. O'Connor Horse and Rider

This drowning bronze monument marks the spot where one of Australia's great engineers died by suicide.
caves

Cave Diving Is Every Bit As Dangerous and Wonderful As It Seems

Eric Grundhauser October 23, 2015
A tank of disco jellies at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
aquariums

How Jellyfish Exhibits Became Underwater Dance Clubs

Cara Giaimo October 19, 2015
churches

FOUND: An Underwater 16th Century Church

Sarah Laskow October 19, 2015
Vista over the Alofaaga blowholes
Taga, Samoa

Alofaaga Blowholes

A site of natural wonder and flying coconuts in Samoa.
Vagli Sopra, Italy

Lago di Vagli

This Tuscan lake hides a 13th century town that is still visible when the water recedes.
underwater

FOUND: A Reef to Rival the Great Barrier Reef

Sarah Laskow August 25, 2015
nature

Found: Mysterious and Unnamed Sea Creatures

Sarah Laskow May 14, 2015
Belknap, Illinois

Mermet Springs

Planes, trains, and automobiles have all been sunk as attractions at this Illinois diving spot.
Shipwreck of the Silver Spray
Chicago, Illinois

Shipwreck of the Silver Spray

This historic-shipwreck-cum-diving-spot can still be seen poking its boiler out of the Lake Michigan waters that claimed it.
Igreja Sagrado Coração de Jesus
Pernambuco, Brazil

Old Petrolandia Church

The haunting peak of an old church is all that remains of a drowned Brazilian city.
Jal Mahal
Jaipur, India

Jal Mahal

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.
ruins

Drowned Towns Lost to Progress

Chris White January 15, 2015
Quiandao Lake
Hangzhou, China

Shi Cheng

China's very own Atlantis is an ornate dynastic city resting at the bottom of a lake.