Deep beneath the town of Derinkuyu in central Türkiye lies one of the most remarkable underground settlements ever carved into rock. The Derinkuyu Underground City is not simply a collection of caves. It is a carefully planned subterranean complex containing rooms, storage areas, stables, places of worship, a school, wells, ventilation shafts, and narrow passageways.
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| A view inside the multi-level underground city of Derinkuyu in Cappadocia, Turkey. |
There's a village called Abhaneri, about two hours outside Jaipur, that most travellers drive straight past. They shouldn't. Hidden a few steps off the Jaipur-Agra road is one of the strangest, most photogenic pieces of engineering in India — a 1,200-year-old stepwell called Chand Baori, and once you've seen a photo of it, you won't forget the pattern.
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| The dramatic geometric pattern of Chand Baori's 3,500+ steps, descending 13 stories into the ground. |
Hidden in the hills of Nanjing, China, are three enormous pieces of limestone that were meant to become one of the largest stone monuments e...
