Banaue rice terraces, Philippines - Dubbed as the 'Eight Wonder of the world,' the banaue rice terraces start from the base of the mountain range and reach up to several thousand feet high. It is said that thier lenght put end to end, would circle half of the globe. Made 2000 yaers ago, these rice terraces manifest the engineering skills and ingenuity of the sturdy ifugao. Steams and springs found in the mountains were tapped and channeled into irrigation canals that run downhill through the rice terraces.