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A little church on a tiny island looks like something from a fairy tale.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired 'Princess Mononoke.'

This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.

Centuries before the modern seismograph, Armenian monks measured quakes with this tilting pillar.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Hidden just under the waters around this Turkish island are the ruins of a once great city.

A cemetery and the town it served sinks beneath the sea during the volcanic birth of Mt. Vulcan.

As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

A treasure trove of rare and fine fabrics from around the world.

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

This tree was extinct for a thousand years before sprouting again from a 2,000-year-old seed.

Granny Smiths and Fujis can both be traced back to Kazakhstan, where apples still grow wild.

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

This hunter-gatherer architecture is believed to be the oldest religious complex known.

This 14th century wine cellar is home to the oldest barrel-stored wine in the world.