Long Now Locations

The stoutest tree in the world.

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.

Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.

Step into the cool deep past and unknown future of who begat who.

The world's second largest salt mine, said to have been discovered by Alexander the Great's horse.

Location of the most powerful laser in the world, and the potential birthplace of tiny stars.

Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

Modern sundial uses ancient methods to tell time and date perfectly.

The world's largest Tibetan refugee settlement.

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.

A sacred lake with thousands of sacred carp and a biblical history.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

The clock that sets them all.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.