Natural Disasters
This Indonesian volcano’s 1883 eruption was heard 3,000 miles away
What is Krakatoa?
A mausoleum in India built by an emperor for his beloved wife.
What is Taj Mahal?
From the Eiffel Tower, head 6 km west to a clay‑court tennis stadium.
What is Roland Garros?
This New Zealand mountain range doubled as the Misty Mountains in The Lord of the Rings.
What are the Southern Alps?
This city in modern‑day Iraq was once ruled by King Nebuchadnezzar II.
What is Babylon?
From Tokyo, fly 950 km south to an island with an active volcano called Sakurajima.
What is Sakurajima?
From Cairo, fly 13 km southwest to a plateau with three famous pyramids.
What are the Pyramids of Giza?
This infamous baseball stadium is located in the Bronx, New York.
What is the Yankee Stadium?
From Los Angeles, fly 300 km northeast to a desert national park featured in Star Wars.
What is Death Valley National Park?
From Athens, fly 320 km southeast to an island with the ruins of Knossos.
What is Knossos?
From Naples, head 10 km east to a famous stratovolcano
What is Mount Vesuvius?
A medieval city in Croatia with red roofs and massive stone walls, overlooking the Adriatic Sea.
What is Dubrovnik?
This stadium in Beijing, nicknamed the “Bird’s Nest,” hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics.
What is Beijing National Stadium?
This Scottish castle was used for Hogwarts exteriors in the Harry Potter films.
What is Alnwick Castle?
This ancient city in Mexico is home to the Pyramid of the Sun.
What is Teotihuacan?
This volcano in the Philippines erupted in 2020, sending ash over Manila.
What is Taal Volcano?
From Sydney Opera House, head 2,160 km northwest to a giant sandstone monolith.
What is Uluru?
This stadium in Brazil hosted the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final.
What is Maracanã?
This Jordanian archaeological site was the temple in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
What is Petra?
From Cairo, head 1,120 km south along the Nile to temples carved into rock.
What is Abu Simbel?
The Ecuadorian city of Latacunga lies at the foot of this volcano, one of the world’s highest and most active.
What is Cotopaxi?
A temple complex in Cambodia, the largest religious monument in the world.
What is Angkor Wat?
From Cape Town, fly 1,250 km northeast to the stadium that hosted the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final.
What is FNB Stadium?
This Hawaiian island’s Jurassic Park scenes were filmed in a lush valley.
What is Oahu (Kualoa Ranch)?
This ancient city in Turkey was once called Byzantium and later Constantinople.
What is Istanbul?