🇺🇸 United States · Necropolis
Colma, California
Colma (Ohlone for 'springs') is a small incorporated town in San Mateo County, California, United States, on the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Search places, or jump to a section
🇺🇸 United States · Necropolis
Colma (Ohlone for 'springs') is a small incorporated town in San Mateo County, California, United States, on the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Deir Qanoun Ras al-Ain (Arabic: دير قانون رأس العين, romanized: Dayr Qānūn Raʾs al-ʿAyn, Lit.
🇪🇸 Spain · Hydraulic works
The Consuegra Dam is a ruined Roman buttress dam in Toledo province, Castilla–La Mancha, Spain. The dam dates to the 3rd or 4th century AD. It is on the River Amarguillo upstream from Consuegra.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Necropolis
Jijel (Kabyle: Ǧiǧel, Arabic: جِيْجَل), the classical Igilgili, is the capital of Jijel Province in north-eastern Algeria.
🇨🇭 Switzerland · Archaeological wonder
Martigny (French pronunciation: [maʁtiɲi]; German: Martinach, pronounced [ˈmaʁtiːnaːx]; Latin: Octodurum) is a municipality and the capital town of the district of Martigny, canton of Valais,…
🇺🇸 United States · Hydraulic works
Holtwood Dam (also Holtwood Hydroelectric Dam, Holtwood Hydroelectric Plant, McCalls Ferry Dam) is the oldest of three major dams built across the lower Susquehanna River, and the middle location of…
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
The Amir Chakhmaq Complex (Persian: مجموعه میدان امیرچخماق, romanized: Majmūʿa Meydân Amir Čaqmaq) is a prominent structure in Yazd, Iran, noted for its symmetrical sunken alcoves.
🇧🇷 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…
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Archaeological wonder
Kairouan or Kairwan (UK: KYRE(-uu)-WAHN, US: kair-WAHN), also spelled El Qayrawān (Arabic: ٱلْقَيْرَوَان, romanized: al-Qayrawān, pronounced [æl qɑjrɑˈwæːn]; Tunisian Arabic: قيروان, romanized:…
🇵🇭 Philippines · Archaeological wonder
Bugui Point Lighthouse is a historic lighthouse located on Bugui Point in the town of Aroroy, in the northern tip of Masbate Island, province of Masbate, in the Philippines.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Archaeological wonder
classical antiquity · Kingdom of Numidia
The Libyco-Punic Mausoleum of Dougga (Mausoleum of Atban) is an ancient mausoleum located in Dougga, Tunisia.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Archaeological wonder
Hellenistic period
Alexandria in the Caucasus (Ancient Greek: Ἀλεξάνδρεια Alexándreia; medieval Kapisa, modern Bagram) was a colony of Alexander the Great.
🇬🇷 Greece · Archaeological wonder
The Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus is a theatre in the Greek city of Epidaurus, located on the southeast end of the sanctuary dedicated to the ancient Greek God of medicine, Asclepius.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
The Jāmeh Mosque of Borujerd (Persian: مسجد جامع بروجرد, romanized: Masjid-e-Jāmeh Borujerd) is a Shi'ite Friday mosque (Jāmeh) in Borujerd, Lorestan province, western Iran.
🇺🇸 United States · Hydraulic works
The American Canal is an irrigation canal in the Upper Rio Grande Valley near El Paso, Texas.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Coetan Arthur dolmen, also known as Arthur's Quoit is the remains of a Neolithic burial chamber (also known as a quoit). It dates from around 3000 BC.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Gajendragad (also called Gajendragada) is a Town Municipal Council city in Gadag district, Karnataka, India, with population of 32,359 as of 2011 Census data.
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Governor Aker Observatory is an astronomical observatory, part of Eastern Arizona College's Discovery Park Campus (formerly known as Discovery Park) in Safford, Arizona (US).
🇸🇪 Sweden · Megalith
Gantoftadösen (or Jättestugan - "giant's home") is a partially destroyed dolmen in the area of Helsingborg in Scania, Sweden.
🇺🇸 United States · Hydraulic works
Embudo Creek, also known as Rio Embudo, is formed by the confluence of the Rio Pueblo and Santa Barbara Creek near Peñasco in Taos County, New Mexico.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Archaeological wonder
Kuragala (Sinhala: කූරගල) is a pre-historic archaeological site consisting of an early human settlement during the late Pleistocene period and ruins of ancient Buddhist Cave temple complex, dating…
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Do-drul Chorten is a stupa in Gangtok in the Indian state of Sikkim. Inside this stupa is a complete set of Dorjee Phurba, Kangyur (Holy Books) and other religious objects.
🇷🇴 Romania · Archaeological wonder
The Apahida necropolis is an archaeological site in Apahida, Romania. Two graves have been discovered and a third one may have existed.
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
Kashafrud Basin (Persian: کشفرود) is an archaeological site in Iran, known for the Lower Palaeolithic artifacts collected there; these are the oldest-known evidence for human occupation of Iran.