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Miami, Florida

Miami Circle

A perfect circle of 24 mysterious holes dates back to prehistoric times.
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Örencik, Turkey

Gobekli Tepe

This hunter-gatherer architecture is believed to be the oldest religious complex known.
Added by CPilgrim
El Paso, Texas

Hueco Tanks

Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.
Clinton Added by Clinton
Boulder, Colorado

NIST-F1 Cesium Fountain Atomic Clock

The clock that sets them all.
Added by Henry
Baker, Nevada

The Bristlecone Pines of the Great Basin

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.
Added by LongNow
Sandy, Utah

Mormon Genealogical Archives

Step into the cool deep past and unknown future of who begat who.
Added by LongNow
Lovell, Wyoming

Bighorn Medicine Wheel

Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.
Trevor Added by Trevor
Nye, Nevada

Yucca Mountain Repository

Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.
Added by LongNow
Devon Island, Nunavut

Haughton Impact Crater

The closest thing to Mars on Earth.
Added by Bee
Vienna, Austria

Clock Museum

A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.
Added by mbison
Elberton, Georgia

Georgia Guidestones

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.
tralfamadore Added by tralfamadore
Hutchinson, Kansas

Strataca, The Kansas Underground Salt Museum

Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Mounana, Gabon

Oklo Reactor

The world's first and only natural nuclear reactor.
Added by Alpha
Halberstadt, Germany

Sankt Burchardi Church Organ

Constantly maintained, this organ is playing a six-century long composition by John Cage.
Keystone, South Dakota

Hall of Records in Mount Rushmore

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a 70-foot-long chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Oslo, Norway

Forest of the Future Library

One thousand trees were planted in Norway to be used to print books a century from now.
AaronNetsky Added by AaronNetsky
Svalbard, Norway

Svalbard Global Seed Vault

This Arctic storage facility is a secure backup for agricultural biodiversity.
stanestane Added by stanestane
London, England

Longplayer

A musical composition 1000 years in length plays at the Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.
Added by LongNow
Atlanta, Georgia

Crypt of Civilization

The world's first time capsule lies behind a welded steel door in Atlanta.
mrobscurity Added by mrobscurity
Singapore

Umbrella Trees

Colorful umbrella-covered trees in Singapore's Little India look straight out of Dr. Seuss.
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Venice, Italy

The Mad Colored Houses of Burano

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.
Added by laurajok
Venice, Italy

The Flooded Crypt of San Zaccaria

As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.
Added by zackofalltrades
Venice, Italy

Libreria Acqua Alta

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.
Added by zackofalltrades
Verona, Italy

Juliet's Balcony

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.
HJHausman Added by HJHausman