Local Places
Late at night, printers working at this 1921 downtown building reported hearing footsteps and typewriter keys clicking when no one else was on the floor.
First described by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, this legendary sunken island city was said to have been swallowed by the ocean in a single day and night of catastrophic flooding.
Atlantis
Built in Ancient Egypt, these three giant triangular tomsb were positioned to line up with the stars of Orion's Belt
This Gordon Lightfoot song tells the famous story a boat wreck in the Great Lakes from November 1975.
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
This ancient structure in Egypt is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the World, and the only one still standing today.
The Great Pyramid of Giza
Between Maytag Park and Newton High School sits a heavily wooded area...what is this wooded area known as?
Children's Forest
This lake in south-central Iowa now covers many former small towns and villages. (DAILY DOUBLE)
Lake Red Rock
On the first day of spring, sunlight makes a shadow look like a slithering snake moving down this famous Mexican Maya pyramid.
Chichén Itzá
This sunken, three-sided ocean zone between Miami, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico is famous for shipwrecks and mysterious plane disappearances.
Bermuda Triangle
Stretching thousands of miles across northern border, this massive fortification/wall was built to protect ancient kingdoms from invasions.
The Great Wall of China
Built in 1865, the historic Maple Hill Mansion near Monroe is famous for its ghostly legends and an underground tunnel that locals say was once a stop on this famous secret 19th-century escape network.
The Underground Railroad
Located in Salisbury, England, this prehistoric monument made of massive standing stones aligned with the summer solstice was built over 4,000 years ago, leaving scientists puzzling over how ancient people moved the 25-ton blocks.
Stonehedge
On the longest day of the year (summer solstice), the sun rises directly over the main entrance stone of this ancient English circle of standing rocks.
Stonehenge
Explorers in 1985 finally located the deep sea wreckage of this famous "unsinkable" ocean liner that struck an iceberg in 1912
The Titanic
Built high in the Andes Mountains, this "Lost City of the Incas" was named one of the New Seven Wonders in 2007.
Machu Picchu
Opening in 1927 in the historic Hotel Maytag building, this downtown movie venue is rumored to have a resident ghost—though today its most famous resident is a pet pig named Joy. (DAILY DOUBLE)
Capitol II Theater
This highly classified U.S. Air Force facility in the Nevada desert has been at the center of alien space technology and UFO conspiracy theories for decades.
Area 51
Located in Easter Island, seven giant stone statues named Ahu Akivi face directly toward the setting sun during this seasonal astronomical event
Divers exploring off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt, found the submerged ruins of a massive ancient structure that was one of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World.
The Lighthouse of Alexandria
Located in modern-day Jordan, this famous archeological wonder is directly into red-pink sandstone cliffs.
Petra
Urban legend says that a creature known as the "Mud Man" haunts the bridge area in this small unincorporated community just west of Newton.
Metz
Hidden in the Andes mountains of Peru, this 15th-century Inca citadel was completely abandoned and unknown to the Spanish conquistadors, remaining hidden from the outside world until 1911.
Machu Picchu
Native Americans constructed these large rock circles with spokes across the American West to track the sun's position and the changing seasons.
Medicine Wheels
This sunken North Carolina barrier reef area is nicknamed the "Graveyard of the Atlantic" because 1,000 ships have crashed there (also the name of an above average Netflix series)
Outer Banks
Legend says King Nebuchadnezzar II built this lush, ancient wonder in Mesopotamia for his homesick wife, though no physical proof has ever been found.
Hanging Gardens of Babylon