Quarries

This trio of reliefs—an ear, a mouth, and a pair of eyes—carved into the walls of flooded quarries is a monument to spying.

An outdoor gallery of sculptures chiseled from a unique stone that deemed Arequipa's old town a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Once a granite mine, this beautiful lake is the perfect place to cliff jump and zipline in Denmark

Admire an ever-changing landscape of stone sculptures.

Now a small lake, stone quarried from this spot was used to build the local university building.

Where members of the Crossbow Corps of San Marino demonstrate their skills.

A former limestone quarry has found a new life as a flourishing community garden.

An old quarry transformed into a recreational and cultural space.

The ancient Greeks abandoned this quarry to escape Hannibal's devastating invasion.

This rocky outcrop served as a quarry for some of the bluestones that sit at the center of Stonehenge.

An industrial waste tourist attraction.

The unique design of this former quarry provides ideal acoustics for concerts.

Stone mined from this quarry was used in many prominent structures around Melbourne.

This abandoned limestone quarry now provides visitors with multiple, breathtaking viewpoints.

This natural "sea of stones" was once used by the Romans as a quarry.

This quarry filled with 65 million-year-old limestone is now home to a nature reserve.

The quarry was abandoned over 100 years ago, after a massive ammunition explosion ended in tragedy.