Nageezi, New Mexico
Chaco Culture National Historical Park
A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.
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Nageezi, New Mexico
A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.
Carbon County, Utah
Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.
Velarde, New Mexico
A preserve with 75,000 ancient drawings remains the realm of public – not just scientific – exploration.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.
Gdańsk, Poland
These rare statues are one of the few remaining material witnesses to Old Prussian culture.
Gmina, Poland
This tower in a small Polish village uses the power of a sacred bell to ward off mischievous weather spirits.
Gdańsk, Poland
The site of the first battle of World War II.
Kudowa-Zdrój, Poland
The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.
Krakow, Poland
Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.
Gryfino, Poland
Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.
Kortezubi, Spain
An archeological treasure trove stumbled upon by a couple of children.
Saumur, France
A huge Megalithic chamber tomb located behind a cafe.
Montignac, France
Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Wales
This neolithic stone grave has been altered and restored so often its now more neo than lithic.
West Malling, England
A Neolithic burial site built 1,000 years before Stonehenge.
Avella, Pennsylvania
This Pennsylvania cave holds evidence of the oldest known inhabitants of North America.
Faringdon, England
The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.
Galway, Ireland
An Iron Age fort on the edge of a seaside cliff offers a glimpse into an ancient, mystical world.
Keswick, England
Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.
Kerry, Ireland
Petrified footprints of one of the very first vertebrates to walk on land.
Worksop, England
A gorge full of caverns where early humans lived alongside cave hyenas, giant mammoths and wooly rhinoceroses.
Llandudno, Wales
The world's largest prehistoric copper mine had 30,000 animal bones scattered throughout the maze of passageways.
Sandwick, Scotland
A remarkably well preserved tower dating all the way back to the Iron Age.
Hemet, California
This mysterious petroglyph evokes the ancient swastika symbol but was later vandalized with the more troublesome Nazi one.