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Hashima Island (Gunkanjima)
The ghost city sealed in concrete — and the highest population density ever recorded on Earth
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Hedeby and the Danevirke
At the narrow neck of the Jutland Peninsula, where the Baltic nearly meets the North Sea, a Viking…
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Hierapolis (Pamukkale)
Founded above the famous white travertine terraces of Pamukkale, Hierapolis was a Hellenistic and Roman spa city whose…
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Historic Centre of Odesa
Founded by Catherine the Great in 1794 as the Russian Empire's great southern port, Odesa grew into the…
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Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar — UNESCO Hanseatic Brick Gothic, Germany
Two medieval Baltic port cities whose brick Gothic churches, patrician townhouses, and harbour gates survive as the finest…
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Historic Monuments of Kaesong
The medieval capital of the Goryeo Dynasty — the Korean kingdom that gave Korea its name — where…
2324
Historic Villages of Korea: Hahoe and Yangdong
Two living Joseon-era clan villages where Confucian philosophy is written into the landscape — in the curve of…
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Huu00e1nuco Pampa
The most complete and best-documented Inca provincial administrative city in the Andes — 3,500 stone structures on a…
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Ingapirca
The most important Inca archaeological site in Ecuador — a sun temple in dressed andesite, built on a…
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