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

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

A Romanesque tower appears when water levels drop.

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.

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.

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

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

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

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 4,500-year-old forest is slowly being revealed from beneath the sands of a Welsh beach.

Half-drowned wooden stumps and stone blocks are all that remain of a Victorian landing that was destroyed by storms.

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

These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.

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.

Stumps of an Ice Age forest, visible only at low tide.

Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.

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