Things labeled as the Eighth Wonder of the World

Natural places

• Grand Canyon, in Arizona, in the United States
• Milford Sound, New Zealand; called so by Rudyard Kipling
• Natural Tunnel, in Virginia, so dubbed by William Jennings Bryan
• Pink and White Terraces near Rotorua, New Zealand, before they were destroyed by volcanic eruption in 1886
• Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland
• Burney Falls in California; called so by Theodore Roosevelt.

Pre-1900 creations

• Great Wall of China, China
• The Taj Mahal, India
• Stonehenge, United Kingdom
• Machu Picchu, Peru
• Banaue Rice Terraces, Philippines
• The Terracotta Army of Xi'an, China.
• Amber Room in the Catherine Palace near Saint Petersburg, Russia
• The monastery of San Lorenzo del Escorial, Spain.
• The Hagia Sophia: Eastern Orthodox Church built in Istanbul
• The rock-hewn churches at Lalibela, Ethiopia (Church of St. George, Lalibela)
• The stelae of Axum, Ethiopia
• Sigiriya, Sri Lanka
• Royal Palace in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Statue of Liberty, New York Harbor, United States
• Angkor Wat, Cambodia
• The moai statues of Easter Island, Chile
• Chichen Itza: "El Castillo", also called Pyramid or Temple of Kukulcan, located in the Peninsula of Yucatan, Mexico

Post-1900 human creations

• Empire State Building, New York City
• Palm Islands of Dubai
• Panama Canal
• Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia; the story of its construction was recounted in the opera The Eighth Wonder
• Thames Barrier, London, England.
• Bahá'í terraces, on Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel.
• Three Gorges Dam in Hubei, China
• Reliant Astrodome in Houston, Texas
• West Baden Springs Hotel

Popular culture

• King Kong was introduced as the "Eighth Wonder of the World" in the 1933 RKO Pictures movie of the same title, as well as the 2005 remake of King Kong.
• André the Giant, a professional wrestler, was referred to as the 8th Wonder of the World by the World Wrestling Federation.

See also

• Wonders of the World
• New Seven Wonders of the World

References

1. ABC Good Morning America "7 New Wonders" Page
2. National Geographic Photo Galleries
3. Natural Tunnel State Park
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5. www.northantrim.com
6. www.burney-falls.com
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12. "Wander Our Wonders" at WowPhilippines, official tourism website of the Philippines.
13. "Planting rice is never fun: Modern life threatens Ifugao rice terraces" by Imelda Visaya Abano, Philippine Post, February, 2002.
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16. About Banaue > Tourist Attractions
17. "Eighth Wonder of the World: Terracotta Warriors", ChinaCulture.org, Ministry of Culture, China
18. "China's Terracotta Army Gets Dose of Modern Medicine", Qi: The Journal of Traditional Eastern Health & Fitness
19. The Amber Room: The Fate of the World's Greatest Lost Treasure by Catherine Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy; publisher's comments.
20. "The Escorial", Catholic Encyclopedia
21. "Turkish Delights" by Phyllis Dolgin, The Epoch Times, July 16, 2006..
22. "Ethiopia: Land of wonder and religious tradition" by Rudi Bakhtiar, CNN Student News, November 28, 2001.
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24. "Pearl of the Indian Ocean" by Priyanka Singh, The Tribune, August 10, 2003.
25. "Tourist miracles of Sri Lanka" by Moin-ul-Haq, Daily News, January 1, 2004.
26. "Breathtaking castle in the sky" by C.P. Belliappa, Deccan Herald, August 15, 2004.
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31. Empire State Building official site.
32. "Does Extra Security Make it Safe?" by Rebecca Skaroff, Ripples, New York University.
33. "The lessons of Dubai? Let’s build some more British isles" by John Blundell, Institute of Economic Affairs, April 9, 2006.
34. "Sound Future for Sydney Opera House", Euphonix, July 3, 2002.
35. "Thames Barrier Visitors' Centre", The New York Times Travel section.
36. Israel Magazine-on-Web: July 2001 - The "Eighth Wonder of the World" - In Haifa
37. NASA Satellites Watch As China Constructs Giant Dam
38. Barks, Joseph V. " Powering the (new and improved) 'Eighth Wonder of the World' ", Electrical Apparatus, November 2001. Retrieved 2007-01-16.
39. West Baden Springs Hotel
40. "André the Giant", World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame.
41. André the Giant official website