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  1. 6. This city, built before Aztec rule, may have been abandoned following a volcanic winter from 535-536 CE.
  2. 9. The second highest mountain in the world.
  3. 10. This volcano only stopped erupting in 2010 and is located next to a manmade lake of the same name.
  4. 14. The remains of a Roman resort town buried in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius.
  5. 15. This complex in Normandy recently turned a thousand years old.
  6. 17. Also known as Everest.
  7. 20. This building has served as a church, mosque, and museum and is commonly considered the eighth wonder of the world.
  8. 22. The largest structure in the world built by living organisms.
  9. 25. This colorful church was built to celebrate a Russian conquest over the Tatars.
  10. 26. This Moorish palace in southern Spain means "The Red One" in Arabic.
  11. 27. 350 different ethnicities call this rainforest home.
  12. 28. The indigenous Pueblo peoples consider this gorge a holy site.
  13. 29. Arena built on the ruins of Nero's golden villa.
  14. 30. Buddhist temple in the Kedu Valley buried under volcanic ash for centuries
  15. 33. These waterfalls are shared between Brazil and Argentina.
  16. 35. This Greek temple was severely damaged when a Venetian bomb blew up Ottoman ammunitions inside.
  17. 36. This 19th Century castle was dedicated to the composer Richard Wagner.
  18. 41. Designed by Gaudi, this church in Barcelona is still undergoing construction.
  19. 46. This palace in Karnataka had to be rebuilt from 1897-1912 after the original was destroyed in a fire.
  20. 47. Actually the name of a bell inside the tower.
  21. 51. Opened in 1973, this landmark was designed to resemble a ship's sails.
  22. 52. This fiery orange suspension bridge was once the largest in the world.
  23. 53. Three-hundred-meter-tall sand dune whose name means "Dead End Marsh."
  24. 54. Previously known as Ayers Rock; it had its name changed to reflect its important status to Australian Aboriginal peoples.
  25. 55. This plateau, flanked by the Lion's Head and Devil's Peak mountains, rises six hundred meters in the air
  26. 57. Despite popular misconception, this cannot be seen from space.
  27. 58. The only surviving ancient wonder of the world.
  28. 59. Massive Joseon palace located in Seoul.
  29. 60. A gift from France to the United States.
  30. 62. China's first national park, known for its quartz-sandstone pillars used as inspiration for the movie "Avatar."
  31. 63. Tallest waterfall in the world.
  32. 64. Designed by Carlos Paez Vilaro, this house now features an onsite restaurant and art gallery.
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  1. 1. The reintroduction of gray wolves to this national park is one of the main examples of the importance of apex predators in ecosystems.
  2. 2. This volcano's 1886 eruption could be heard from Perth.
  3. 3. Complex on the Yucatan Peninsula built by the Mayans.
  4. 4. Pearly presidential palace.
  5. 5. South Africa's first national park, it is about the size of Wales.
  6. 7. Known as "The Bay of Descending Dragons" in Vietnamese.
  7. 8. This "Lost City of the Incas" was more likely a religious center.
  8. 9. The tallest mountain in Africa and highest free-standing mountain in the world.
  9. 11. Tallest freestanding structure in the Western Hemisphere.
  10. 12. Major bazaar in Marrakesh, Morocco.
  11. 13. Designed by the likes of Michelangelo and Bramante, this is the largest church in the world by interior measure.
  12. 16. A marble Mughal monument to love.
  13. 18. Capital of the Malian Empire and a center for learning in the Islamic world.
  14. 19. Occasionally reflective salt flats in Bolivia.
  15. 21. This delta may be the remains of the lake Makgadikgadi that dried up at the end of the Holocene.
  16. 23. Up until 1912, this center of the Chinese nobility was closed to all outsiders.
  17. 24. This waterfall divides the Zambezi River. Tourists can swim in its "Devil's Pool" at their own risk.
  18. 31. Also known as the Rainbow Mountains, due to the seven colors that appear across them.
  19. 32. "The Temple of the Dawn", located in Bangkok.
  20. 34. Known as "Piopiotahi" in Māori, after a now extinct bird. According to legend, one piopio flew to this fjord to mourn the death of Maui.
  21. 37. National Park home to "The Great Migration".
  22. 38. This temple to Ramesses II and his family was relocated in 1968 to prevent flooding.
  23. 39. Canada's first national park, home to the famous Moraine Lake.
  24. 40. Twin volcanic peaks in the Caribbean home to five endemic bird species.
  25. 42. The most widely visited religious site in the world, located in Tokyo.
  26. 43. National Park in Australia known for its crocs and cave art.
  27. 44. Moai
  28. 45. Its use as a radio tower prevented this from being destroyed in 1913.
  29. 48. The largest religious monument in the world, according to Guinness World Records
  30. 49. Until 2020, this glacier had maintained an equilibrium of gaining as much ice as it lost.
  31. 50. A religious statue gazing out over Rio de Janeiro.
  32. 56. Despite being an active volcano, this has become a symbol of peace.
  33. 59. Island chain where Darwin developed his theory of evolution.
  34. 61. Volcano in Vanuatu that serves as the center of the John Frum cult.