Widely accepted places matching “Americas”

🇧🇿 Belize · Ancient city

Actun Tunichil Muknal

Actun Tunichil Muknal (the Cave of the Crystal Sepulchre), also known locally as ATM, is a cave in Belize, near San Ignacio, Cayo District, notable as a Maya archaeological site that includes…

🇨🇴 Colombia · Archaeological wonder

Santa María la Antigua del Darién

Santa María la Antigua del Darién—rendered as Dariena in the Latin of De Orbe Novo—was a Spanish colonial town founded in 1510 by Vasco Núñez de Balboa.

🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village

Canyon de Chelly National Monument

Canyon de Chelly National Monument ( də-SHAY) was established on April 1, 1931, as a unit of the National Park Service.

🇪🇨 Ecuador · Archaeological wonder

Catequilla

Monte Catequilla (also Kati-Killa) is an archaeological site in the Pomasqui Valley of Ecuador.

🇧🇷 Brazil · Necropolis

The Cemitério de São João Batista (lit. 'Saint John the Baptist's Cemetery') is a municipal necropolis originally owned and operated by the Santa Casa da Misericórdia do Rio de Janeiro (Holy House of…

🇺🇸 United States · Temple complex

Cleveland Buddhist Temple

The Cleveland Buddhist Temple is a Pure Land (Jodo Shinshu) community currently meeting at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Cleveland in Shaker Heights, Ohio.

🇧🇴 Bolivia · Megalith

Gate of the Sun

The Gate of the Sun, also known as the Gateway of the Sun (in older literature simply called "(great) monolithic Gateway of Ak-kapana"), is a monolithic gateway at the site of Tiahuanaco, built by…

🇺🇸 United States · Temple complex

Great Stupa of Dharmakaya

The Great Stupa of Dharmakaya, officially the Great Stupa of Dharmakaya Which Liberates Upon Seeing, is a Buddhist temple located at Drala Mountain Center in Colorado, in the United States.

🇦🇷 Argentina · Cave

Gruta del Indio

Gruta del Indio is a rock shelter located in Rincón del Atuel, Southern Mendoza, Argentina. The site is located 28 km south of the town of San Rafael at around 660m above sea level.

🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder

Intihuatana, Urubamba

Intihuatana (possibly from in the Quechua spelling Inti Watana or Intiwatana), at the archaeological site of Machu Picchu, is a notable ritual stone associated with the astronomic clock or calendar…

🇸🇻 El Salvador · Ancient city

Joya de Cerén

Joya de Cerén (Jewel of Cerén in the Spanish language) is an archaeological site in La Libertad Department, El Salvador, featuring a pre-Columbian Maya farming village.