13. Banaue Rice Terraces
Created over 2,000 years ago, the Banaue rice terraces are often billed as the eighth wonder of the world because of its uniqueness and meaning. Ancestors from the Philippines established these terraces to plant rice and receive water from the rainforests above it. If you placed all the terraces end to end, they would equal half of the circumference of the world.
While some terraces are as high as 2 miles above sea level, they look like steps from above. While the yards are mainly a tourist attraction today, some people still plant rice and vegetables in certain places. Because people aren’t farming the terraces like they used to, they are eroding.
