Istanbul, Turkey
Basilica Cisterns of Istanbul
A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.
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Istanbul, Turkey
A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.
Port Royal, Jamaica
Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."
Brighton, England
Half-drowned wooden stumps and stone blocks are all that remain of a Victorian landing that was destroyed by storms.
Kaleüçağız Köyü, Turkey
Hidden just under the waters around this Turkish island are the ruins of a once great city.
Catarman, Philippines
A cemetery and the town it served sinks beneath the sea during the volcanic birth of Mt. Vulcan.
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.
Vagli Sopra, Italy
This Tuscan lake hides a 13th century town that is still visible when the water recedes.
Windsor, Connecticut
More than a century of radio history is told in these displays.
Botyre (Ayent), Switzerland
Medieval irrigation channels built into the sides of mountains provided Valais with water for hundreds of years.
Sydney, Australia
A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.
Sonora, Texas
A Texas cave network is home to some of the world's most spectacular-looking and bizarrely named mineral formations.
Sinaia, Romania
This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.
Paris, France
The history of radiation is on safe display at the foot of a radiation science laboratory.
Ehlanzeni, South Africa
Hidden in the hills is a mysterious stone structure, known only to a few.
Dowth, Ireland
The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.
Baker, Nevada
The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.
Sandy, Utah
Step into the cool deep past and unknown future of who begat who.
Bolzano, Italy
Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.
Vienna, Austria
A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.
Hutchinson, Kansas
Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.
Peru
Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.
San Francisco, California
A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.
Svalbard, Norway
This Arctic storage facility is a secure backup for agricultural biodiversity.
London, England
A musical composition 1000 years in length plays at the Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.