Villages

Before firefighters, villagers relied on this simple hook to save their thatched cottages from a fiery doom.

An open-air museum exhibiting a total of 52 century-old buildings, recreating Hokkaido’s “pioneer village.”

The site of a Japanese traders’ settlement that once thrived in Ayutthaya, if for less than a century.

A reimagined 19th-century Acadian village featuring authentic Cajun-style homes filled with artifacts specific to the period.

Abandoned station along an ancient pilgrimage route.

The evocative ruins of a medieval village.

An immersive Māori village where you can learn history and heritage through dance, ceremony, song, architecture, and food.

According to the Soldiers Account Book, the village of Odiham is home to Thomas Atkins, whose name became shorthand for all British soldiers.

This open-air museum filled with 19th-century buildings offers a unique view of historic craftsmanship.

This educational and eco-friendly community is Iceland's "home of the sun."

On a small island, a replica of a Finnish village from the Iron Age.

The unique building practices of the Batammariba reflect the community's deep reverence for and connection to the earth.

A network of tunnels runs underneath the buildings of this ancient village.

Hidden among the trees at the Rangeley Lakes Trails Center are more than 20 gnomes in small wooden houses.

These ruins on Mont Tantané dates back to the Iron Age, but there is limited evidence for why a village was built so far from water or other resources.