Great Pyramid of Giza
The oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Ancient Structures
Monumental constructions from antiquity that still inspire awe thousands of years later.
Colosseum
Rome's gladiatorial arena and the world's largest amphitheatre
Great Wall of China
The longest structure ever built by humans
Stonehenge
A prehistoric mystery of massive standing stones on Salisbury Plain
Angkor Wat
The world's largest religious monument
Parthenon
Athens' crown jewel of ancient Greek architecture
Machu Picchu
The Inca citadel perched high in the Peruvian Andes
Petra — The Treasury
A temple carved from a cliff face that Indiana Jones made famous
Chichen Itza — El Castillo
A Mayan pyramid that puts on a serpent light show twice a year
Leaning Tower of Pisa
The world's most famous construction mistake
Tower of London
Palace, prison, zoo, and home to the Crown Jewels
Hagia Sophia
A cathedral, a mosque, a museum, and a mosque again
Notre-Dame de Paris
The medieval cathedral that rose from the ashes
Great Pyramid Stone Block (Average)
One of 2.3 million blocks in the Great Pyramid
Colossus of Rhodes (Estimated)
An ancient wonder lost to an earthquake after just 54 years
Brandenburg Gate
Berlin's neoclassical symbol of unity, once divided by a wall
Arc de Triomphe
The monumental arch at the heart of Paris's star-shaped intersection
Temple of Artemis (Reconstructed Dimensions)
One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, now just a single column
Hanging Gardens of Babylon (Estimated)
The most mysterious of the Seven Wonders, possibly mythical
Dome of the Rock
Jerusalem's golden-domed shrine on the Temple Mount
Western Wall
The holiest site where Jews are permitted to pray
Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib)
The holiest Sikh shrine, gilded in 750 kilograms of gold
Fushimi Inari Shrine Gates
10,000 vermilion torii gates winding up a mountain in Kyoto
Standard Torii Gate
The iconic vermilion gateway marking the boundary of the sacred
Wat Arun
Bangkok's 'Temple of Dawn' glittering with porcelain