Los Angeles, California
La Brea Tar Pits Dragonfly Fossils
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
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Los Angeles, California
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
Ehlanzeni, South Africa
Hidden in the hills is a mysterious stone structure, known only to a few.
Sandwick, Scotland
A remarkably well preserved tower dating all the way back to the Iron Age.
Marlborough, England
It's possible to walk inside one of the largest Neolithic tombs in Britain.
Penzance, England
Perhaps the only prehistoric monument with its very own public bus stop.
Crawfordville, Florida
One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.
Lundin Links, Scotland
A trio of giant megalithic stones in the middle of a golf course.
Littleton, Colorado
A prehistoric rock shelter that's literally in someone's backyard.
Mexico City, Mexico
This ancient structure was built by a mysterious civilization that was largely destroyed by a volcanic eruption.
Callanish, Scotland
The mysterious megaliths have enchanted and intrigued visitors for thousands of years.
Blue Bell Hill, England
The Neolithic megalith was one of the first archaeological ruins protected by the British government.
Baker, Nevada
This ancient village provides insight into the complexity of the pre-Columbian Fremont Culture.
Ponce Inlet, Florida
The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Mariners once used this prehistoric landfill as a navigational landmark.
Williams, Arizona
A small canyon with petroglyphs and a seasonal waterfall, only a short hike from the remnants of old Route 66.
Kumbakonam, India
This temple contains what might be the world's oldest optical illusion.
Silver City, New Mexico
These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.
Rome, Italy
The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.
Sperlonga, Italy
The Roman Emperor's lost summer home and grotto full of enormous sculptures sit along the Italian seashore.
Terracina, Italy
A Roman temple perched over an Italian town, forgotten several times over.
Glasgow, Scotland
Remnants of the Roman empire's northern frontier nestled in suburban Glasgow.
Rome, Italy
This small, ancient Roman temple was once a church dedicated to the patron saint of penitents.
Vienna, Austria
Vienna's diversity-themed traffic lights were inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.
Kilsyth, Scotland
Scotland still bears an enormous scar of its Roman past.