Natural Disasters
This Indonesian volcano’s 1883 eruption was heard 3,000 miles away
What is Krakatau?
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 Grand Slam clay court tennis stadium.
What is Roland Garros?
This Jordanian archaeological site was the temple in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
What is Petra?
A major city of the Indus Valley Civilization featuring advanced urban planning.
What is Mohenjo-daro?
From Tokyo, fly 950 km south to an island of Kyushu with this famous active volcano.
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?
This giant statue of the Greek sun god once stood at the port of an island located 430 km east of Athens.
What is Colossus of Rhodes?
This volcano in Central America has been in near-constant state of eruption since 2004.
What is Popocatepetl?
A medieval city in Croatia with red roofs and massive stone walls, overlooking the Adriatic Sea.
What is Dubrovnik?
The stadium that hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing is best known by this nickname.
What is The Bird's Nest?
This Scottish castle was used for Hogwarts exteriors in the Harry Potter films.
What is Alnwick Castle?
The architectural centrepiece of the Teotihuacan civilization in present-day Mexico.
What is the Pyramid of the Sun?
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?
Brazil's most famous stadium that hosted the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final.
What is Maracanã?
A famous 5-way crossing featured in The Fast & the Furious, Tokyo Drift and Lost in Translation.
What is Shibuya Crossing?
From Cairo, head 1,120 km south along the Nile to this site where ancient temples are 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?
Jurassic Park scenes were filmed in this lush valley on Oahu, Hawaii.
What is Kualoa Ranch?
An ancient Roman theater buried by the ash from Mt. Vesuvius.
What is the Amphitheater of Pompeii?