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The Grotto

Tobermory, Ontario

The Bruce Peninsula Grotto

This natural sea cave hides a small wonderland of natural turquoise beauty.

Repaired entrance to first tunnel, where shotcrete has been applied to stabilize the wall on the right.

Hope, British Columbia

Othello Tunnels

Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.

You could fit a lot of Ninja Turtles in there.

Toronto, Ontario

Sewers of Toronto

A well-preserved network of cavernous tunnels have spent silent centuries removing Toronto's waste.

Biosphere of Montreal

Montreal, Québec

Biosphere of Montreal

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

Maze

Vancouver, British Columbia

VanDusen Garden's Elizabethan Hedge Maze

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.

The Enchanted Forest

Malakwa, British Columbia

The Enchanted Forest

An old world fairytale-land with over 350 fairy folk figurines hidden amongst 800 year old cedars.

Hafez and his son Basil are entombed in the mountain town of Qardaha in northwest Syria.
Permanently Closed

Al Qardahah, Syria

Tomb of Hafez al-Assad

Three members of Syria's ruling family entombed in quiet mountain town.

Norias of Hama

Hama, Syria

Norias of Hama

Only a handful of these gorgeous historic waterwheels remain but even those are in danger from local unrest.

The Castle of Masyaf (Flickr/Samuel Santos)

Masyaf, Syria

Musyaf Castle

The Syrian headquarters of alleged hashish-smoking assassins.

A grand facade in Serjilla (Flickr/Laura and Fulvio's photos)

Balshoon, Syria

Dead City of Serjilla

A 1,500-year-old ghost settlement is slowly fading away.

A cluster of sinkholes along shore of the Dead Sea

Ein Gedi, Israel

Dead Sea Sinkholes

As the Dead Sea continues to deplete, massive sinkholes open along its banks.

Wadi Qelt Canyon.

Almon, Israel

Wadi Qelt

A serene desert oasis speckled with ancient artifacts.

The Western Wall Tunnel.

East Jerusalem, Israel

Western Wall Tunnel

Descend 2,030 years into the past in an ancient tunnel built to support Jerusalem's most famous wall.

Montefiore Windmill

Jerusalem, Israel

Montefiore Windmill

After over 100 years out of service this landmark windmill once again turns as a symbol of Jerusalem's self-sufficiency.

Water, in the old city of Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Israel

Water Sculptures

Two innocuous monuments found in separate locations attempt to unite a city.

Avshalom Cave

Israel

Avshalom Cave

This amazing ancient cave was kept secret for seven years to protect it from the public.

Pool of Arches.

Ramla, Israel

Pool of Arches

You can row a boat through this ancient underground reservoir.

The Hermit House.

Herzliya, Israel

The Hermit House

This marvelous work of outsider architecture is built into the cliffs of an Israeli beach.

The fountain.

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Hundertwasser Drinking Fountain

One of only three fountains created by the iconic architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser.

Suspended Orange Tree

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Suspended Orange Tree

This full-sized orange tree lives suspended in mid-air above the streets of Jaffa.

Steinhardt Museum of Natural History.

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Steinhardt Museum of Natural History

Israel's first dedicated natural history museum is home to 5 million specimens and still growing.

Dashes mark the old tunnel, solid lines are the newer ones

Washington, D.C.

Steam Tunnels Under Capitol Hill

100 years later, they're still down there.

White House Swimming Pool in 1962

Washington, D.C.

FDR's Swimming Pool

There's an old indoor swimming pool hidden directly underneath the White House Press Briefing Room.

Iron rails from the Incline Plane lay discarded, slowly sinking into the earth.

Washington, D.C.

C&O Boat Elevator Ruins

This forgotten boat elevator was an engineering marvel in its heyday.

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