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Buxton’s tuffa calcite terraces

One of Turkey’s most impressive geological wonders is Pamukkale (meaning "cotton castle"), renowned for its sinter terraced formations created by calcite-rich springs.One of Turkey’s most impressive geological wonders is Pamukkale (meaning "cotton castle"), renowned for its sinter terraced formations created by calcite-rich springs.

The Vari Cave Sanctuary

Vari Cave is a small cave system in the Hymettus mountain range, located in the Athens area of Attica, East Central Greece.

The Yangshan Quarry

The Yangshan Quarry is the site of an ancient limestone quarry, located to the east of Nanjing, China.

The Kizil Caves

The Kizil Caves, also known as Kizilgaha or Kizilgaha Caves, are a set of Buddhist rock-cut caves located near the Kizil Township in Baicheng County, Xinjiang, China.

Tomb of Qin Er Shi – The Second Emperor of China

Qin Er Shi, born Ying Huhai, was the second emperor of the Qin dynasty, the ruling family of a unified China - established by the first emperor, Qin Shi Huang.

Moundville – The Mound Metropolis of the Mississippian Culture

The Moundville Archaeological Site is an ancient tribal centre of the Mississippian culture, that built a large settlement comprising of raised mounds in the present-day state of Alabama near the banks of the Black Warrior River, in the United States.

The Etowah Mounds Metropolis of the South Appalachian Mississippian Culture

The Etowah Mounds is an ancient tribal centre of the South Appalachian Mississippian culture, that built a large settlement comprising of raised mounds located on the shore of the Etowah River, in the present Bartow County, Georgia, of the United States.

Kincaid Mounds – The Mound Metropolis of Illinois

The Kincaid Mounds is an ancient tribal centre of the Mississippian culture that built a large settlement comprising of raised mounds, in the present-day state of Illinois near the banks of the Ohio River, in the United States.

The Invulnerable Nazi Saint-Nazaire Submarine Base

The Saint-Nazaire submarine base is a large, fortified submarine base constructed by the Germans in the occupied city of Saint-Nazaire on the west coast of France.

Diocletian’s Palace

Diocletian's Palace is an ancient palace complex, built during the fourth century AD for the retirement of the Roman emperor Diocletian.

Brunswick Town – The Abandoned Colonial Town in North Carolina

Brunswick Town was a major colonial trading port in the Cape Fear region of North Carolina, that was abandoned during the on-set of the American Revolutionary War in 1775.

Çatalhöyük – The Prehistoric Proto City

Çatalhöyük is an ancient proto city from the Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods, located on the edge of the Konya Plain near the present-day city of Konya in Turkey.

Führerbunker – Hitler’s Last Bunker

The Führerbunker was a subterranean bunker complex in Berlin, Germany, that served as Hitler's final Führer Headquarters in the last months of the Second World War.

The West Norwood Catacombs

The West Norwood Catacombs is a network of subterranean vaults and passages for the burial of human remains beneath West Norwood Cemetery, in London, England.

Sungbo’s Eredo – The “Queen of Sheba’s Embankment”

Sungbo’s Eredo is one of the largest man-made monuments in Africa, consisting of a giant system of ditches and embankments that surrounds the entire ljebu Kingdom in the rain forests of south-western Nigeria.

Noushabad – The Hidden Underground City

Noushabed, also called Oeei or Ouyim is an ancient subterranean city, built beneath the small town of Nushabad in present-day Iran.

Stabiae – The Roman Resort Buried by Mount Vesuvius

Stabiae was an ancient Roman town and seaside resort near Pompeii, that was largely buried during the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius in present-day Italy.

Coria Roman Town

Coria, also called Corioritum and Corbridge, are the remains of a Roman town and fort, located south of Hadrian's Wall at the intersection of Dere Street and the Stanegate, in present-day England.

The Mysterious Plain of Jars

The Plain of Jars is a megalithic archaeological landscape attributed to the late Iron Age of Southeast Asia from 500 BC to AD 500, consisting of thousands of large stone jars placed on hills within the central plain of the Xiangkhoang Plateau in Laos.

Portchester Castle – The Roman Saxon Shore Fort

Portchester Castle is a medieval fortress, constructed within the walls of a Roman Saxon Shore Fort (Portus Adurni), located in Portchester, England.

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