Why are the Seven Wonders…Wonders?

We know what they are, but why do they still haunt us? See how we incorporate them into our modern culture—how the Colossus lives on in the Statue of Liberty and the Olympian Zeus echoes in the Lincoln Memorial. Read about the fascination with the mysterious Pyramids and the many bizarre theories published to explain their creation. Discover how the names for the Tomb of Mausolus and the Great Lighthouse have gained the status of nouns in our speech and how religious temples were built to invoke a spiritual awe that only the Temple of Artemis was said to have been able to conjure. Here is the tale of one man's quest to understand by visiting the wonders in person, and a guidebook to others who wish to take the journey.