Explore Ancient and Medieval Historic Sites You Can Still Visit
Explore a growing collection of more than 20,000 historic sites, including ancient cities, medieval castles, temples, palaces, monasteries and bridges. Discover places with standing buildings, preserved interiors and extensive archaeological remains.
Browse by country, civilization, period or type of site to find places around a destination or explore a historical interest. The main focus is ancient and medieval history, with prehistoric settlements and selected later structures also represented.
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Explore the full collection of 20,000+ sites across countries and periods.
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The Ancient World
Discover ancient cities, temples, theatres, tombs and other surviving structures.
The Medieval World
Explore medieval castles, towns, religious buildings, palaces and bridges.
Castles & Fortifications
Browse castles, forts, citadels and town walls, alongside palaces and historic residences.
Religious Sites
Discover temples, churches, monasteries, mosques and other historic places of worship.
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Discover the Buildings and Their History
Individual site articles explain what survives, how buildings were used and how they changed over time. Explore the streets and houses of ancient cities, the gates and towers of fortifications, or the halls, courtyards and interiors of palaces and religious complexes.
Alongside the site collection, articles explore the societies behind these places through subjects including food, clothing, housing, communication and trade.
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Katahdin Iron Works operated from 1845 to 1890 as a charcoal-fueled ironmaking settlement in Brownville, Maine. Its surviving blast furnace, charcoal kiln, building foundations, and surrounding landscape preserve the history of a major nineteenth-century industrial community.
Taposiris Magna is a Ptolemaic-era religious and funerary site near Alexandria, founded between 280 and 270 BC. Its temple, necropolis, underground water tunnel, and possible links to Cleopatra VII continue to shape archaeological research.
San Gervasio was a major pre-Columbian Maya settlement on Cozumel, developing from a small community into the island’s largest center and a network hub before Spanish contact.
The Calico Early Man Site in the Mojave Desert preserves Pleistocene geological deposits and a controversial assemblage of stone objects whose human origin and great antiquity remain disputed.
Qianling Mausoleum in Shaanxi is the shared burial place of Emperor Gaozong and Wu Zetian, with attendant tombs, ceremonial avenues, stone statues, inscriptions, and richly decorated underground chambers.
Demak Great Mosque in Central Java is one of Indonesia’s oldest mosques, traditionally associated with Raden Patah, the Wali Songo, and the rise of the Demak Sultanate.