Mexico City, Mexico
Pyramid of Ehécatl
The ruins of an ancient temple to the Aztec wind god discovered in the middle of a metro station.
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Mexico City, Mexico
The ruins of an ancient temple to the Aztec wind god discovered in the middle of a metro station.
Fergus Falls, Minnesota
A riverside park built around the ruins of a massive dam that collapsed in 1909.
Istanbul, Turkey
A section of the long chain that blocked enemy ships from entering Constantinople.
Thessaloniki, Greece
A little-known park with unusual, half-ruined structures and a mystical energy.
Kasama, Zambia
Arrogance and quarreling are forbidden near these three sacred waterfalls.
Newark, England
The undercroft is a spectacular example of medieval Cistercian architecture.
Kasama, Zambia
One of the largest concentrations of rock paintings in Southern Africa.
Villa de Leyva, Colombia
This whimsical home made entirely from clay is basically a giant piece of pottery.
Harrogate, England
A dramatic sculpture high up in Yorkshire with vistas on an industrial scale.
Athens, Greece
This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.
Dinant, Belgium
A whimsical bridge uses saxophones to pay tribute to two great men and the European Union.
Mialet, France
This army of concretions is an unexplained geological phenomenon unlike anything else in the world.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.
Děčín, Czechia
When the river dries up, these stones start talking.
Torslanda, Sweden
Sweden's southernmost prehistoric rock art is hidden just outside Gothenburg.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
One of the oldest temples in Ho Chi Minh City, dedicated to a deified Chinese military leader.
Saint Davids, Wales
A Neolithic tomb hidden among a spectacular boulder-strewn stretch of coast.
Gdynia, Poland
A World War II torpedo launch station abandoned off the Polish coast.
Lichfield, England
The house where Charles Darwin's grandfather formed many of his influential ideas and inventions.
Hawes, England
A steep and winding road in the Yorkshire Dales passes by these deep natural potholes.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Bombed and burned, this monument represents the often controversial ties between Vietnam and Cambodia.
gołdapski, Poland
The two abandoned overpasses are among the largest bridges in Poland.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
The capital of Cambodia is named after the hill on which this ancient temple complex stands.
Tallahassee, Florida
One of only two pod-shaped homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.