This former quarry is now a picturesque gorge that hides a sunken lake.

During the rainy season, this temple is almost entirely submerged, accessible only by boat.

The haunting peak of an old church is all that remains of a drowned Brazilian city.

As lake waters recede, a German village reemerges after more than a hundred years.

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

A Romanesque tower appears when water levels drop.

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

This Romanian village may have been drowned, but it is long from forgotten.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

A town church once nearly submerged by the damming of a river is now hauntingly visible as the water recedes.

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."

Hidden just under the waters around this Turkish island are the ruins of a once great city.

A cemetery and the town it served sinks beneath the sea during the volcanic birth of Mt. Vulcan.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

This 14th century castle withstood years of battle but is now sliding off the hills into the Danube.

This Tuscan lake hides a 13th century town that is still visible when the water recedes.

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.

The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.

A perfect circle of twenty-four mysterious holes dates back to prehistoric time.