Borth, Wales
Forest of Borth
A 4,500-year-old forest is slowly being revealed from beneath the sands of a Welsh beach.
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Borth, Wales
A 4,500-year-old forest is slowly being revealed from beneath the sands of a Welsh beach.
Brighton, England
Half-drowned wooden stumps and stone blocks are all that remain of a Victorian landing that was destroyed by storms.
Catarman, Philippines
A cemetery and the town it served sinks beneath the sea during the volcanic birth of Mt. Vulcan.
Baia, Italy
A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.
East Sussex, England
These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.
Rye, New Hampshire
Stumps of an Ice Age forest, visible only at low tide.
Golubac, Serbia
This 14th century castle withstood years of battle but is now sliding off the hills into the Danube.
Saty, Kazakhstan
Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.
Vagli Sopra, Italy
This Tuscan lake hides a 13th century town that is still visible when the water recedes.
Jaipur, India
More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.
Riga, Latvia
Latvia's symbolic mountain-shaped national library is home to millions of cultural tomes.
Guimarães, Portugal
This castle has links to Portugal’s founding and struggles for independence.
Portland, Oregon
A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
The remains of one of the last mining camps developed on the New River.
Key West, Florida
This small Key West museum is packed with dozens of artifacts that illustrate the life of the iconic playwright.
Bande, Spain
In Spain, the ruins of a Roman military camp sit along a flooded section of a river.
Lordsburg, New Mexico
Some of the Old West's most notorious outlaws frequented this mining town.
Kyiv, Ukraine
Kyiv's answer to Muscle Beach is a Soviet-era gym made from scrap metal.
New Delhi, India
This beautiful 16th-century necropolis marks an astonishing feat in heritage conservation.
Falaise, France
The birthplace of the ferocious William the Conqueror, this castle is awash in medieval history.
Ramah, New Mexico
Some 2,000 carvings show this rare desert spring has been an oasis for travelers for over a thousand years.
St. Augustine, Florida
Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.
Puerto Escondido, Mexico
This often-overlooked ocean walkway was once considered an impossible fantasy.
Helsinki, Finland
The tiny, studious rodents greet visitors to the National Archives of Finland.