Venice, Italy
The Flooded Crypt of San Zaccaria
As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.
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Venice, Italy
As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.
Derinkuyu, Turkey
The deepest underground city in Turkey was designed to protect 20,000 people behind massive stone doors.
Bolgatanga, Ghana
Topless shrine of northern Ghana.
Bandiagara, Mali
These homes carved into the mountains seem to defy the laws of nature.
Ronda, Spain
Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.
Setenil de las Bodegas, Spain
A Spanish town built into the cliffs.
Petra District, Jordan
An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.
Nageezi, New Mexico
A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Brighton, England
This tunnel entrance is built to resemble a grand castle but no one is quite sure why.
Randsburg, California
This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.
Sumburgh, Scotland
This picturesque archeological site looks like it was pulled straight from a fantasy novel.
Sandwick, Scotland
Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.
Benicia, California
The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.
Matavun, Slovenia
This massive subterranean fissure is known as the "underground Grand Canyon."
New York, New York
More gold than anywhere else, ever.
Alxa, China
The tallest stationary dunes on Earth also happen to sing.
Kunming, China
270 million year-old forest of stone.
Athens, Greece
A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.
Denizli, Turkey
Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.
Aksaray, Turkey
In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.
Manazan, Turkey
Naturally protected city carved from a rock face.
Kayaköy, Turkey
A Turkish ghost town abandoned in a population exchange with Greece.
Fethiye, Turkey
These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.