Wonders of the world list: 100 sites for your 2026 bucket list

Europe (45)

• Abbey Library of Saint Gall — Switzerland
• Acropolis in Athens — Greece
• Batalha Monastery — Portugal
• Benedictine abbey of Melk — Austria
• Chalk cliffs of Rügen — Germany
• Chambord castle — France
• Charles Bridge in Prague — Czech Republic
• Chartres Cathedral — France
• Cologne Cathedral — Germany
• Córdoba (especially the Mezquita) — Spain
• Doric columns in Segesta, Sicily — Italy
• Drottningholm Palace — Sweden
• Eiffel Tower — France
• El Escorial Monastery, Madrid — Spain
• Florence — Italy
• Galleria of Milan — Italy
• Geysers of Haukadalur in Iceland — Iceland
• Glacier Express — Switzerland
• Greenland — Greenland
• Hagia Sophia in Istanbul — Turkey
• Hanseatic city of Lübeck — Germany
• Hofburg in Vienna — Austria
• Kraków — Poland
• Kremlin in Moscow — Russia
• Le Mont-Saint-Michel — France
• Meteora Monasteries — Greece
• Neuschwanstein Castle — Germany
• Paintings in the caves of Lascaux — France
• Palace of Versailles — France
• Pilgrimage church of Wies — Germany
• Pompeii near Naples — Italy
• Rila Monastery — Bulgaria
• Royal Mile in Edinburgh — United Kingdom
• Sagrada Familia, Barcelona — Spain
• Saint Petersburg — Russia
• Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod — Russia
• Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam — Germany
• Stonehenge — United Kingdom
• The Alhambra, Granada — Spain
• The Vatican, Rome — Italy
• Venice — Italy
• Wadden Sea — Netherlands
• Warehouses of Hamburg — Germany
• Westminster Abbey — United Kingdom
• Zwinger Palace in Dresden — Germany

Asia (26)

• Aleppo — Syria
• Angkor Wat — Cambodia
• Baalbek — Lebanon
• Borobudur Temple Mountain, Java — Indonesia
• Damascus — Syria
• Dead Sea — Israel
• Forbidden City of Beijing — China
• Great Wall of China — China
• Holy city of Jerusalem — Israel
• Holy city of Mecca — Saudi Arabia
• Imperial city of Huế — Vietnam
• Imperial city of Kyoto — Japan
• Lahore — Pakistan
• Mahabalipuram Temple — India
• Mount Everest — Nepal
• Pamukkale — Turkey
• Petra — Jordan
• Port city of Ephesus — Turkey
• Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet — China
• Sacred Mount Fuji — Japan
• Samarkand — Uzbekistan
• Sana'a — Yemen
• Shibam — Yemen
• Taj Mahal — India
• Temples of Bangkok — Thailand
• Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an — China

Africa (8)

• Desert temple of Abu Simbel — Egypt
• Fès — Morocco
• Mount Kilimanjaro — Tanzania
• Ngorongoro Crater — Tanzania
• Pyramids of Giza — Egypt
• Sahara Desert — Morocco
• Temples of Luxor — Egypt
• Victoria Falls — Zambia

North America (13)

• Chichén Itzá — Mexico
• Cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde — United States
• Golden Gate Bridge — United States
• Grand Canyon — United States
• Havana — Cuba
• Hearst Castle — United States
• Manhattan, heart of New York — United States
• Niagara Falls — United States
• Pan-American Highway — United States
• Sequoia National Park — United States
• Teotihuacán — Mexico
• The Great Salt Lake — United States
• Volcanoes of Hawaii — United States

South America (5)

• Galápagos Islands — Ecuador
• Iguazu Falls — Brazil
• Machu Picchu — Peru
• Nazca Lines — Peru
• Patagonia — Argentina

Oceania (3)

• Ayers Rock / Uluru — Australia
• Great Barrier Reef — Australia
• Sydney Opera House — Australia

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