Here's a new '7 wonders of the world' — according to Wikipedia

One could think of the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World as the world's first bucket list. Remarkable human-made structures and monuments from antiquity, they were selected over years by Hellenic travellers and hailed in the writing of the ancient Greeks as themata or “things to be seen”. 

They were the Great Pyramid of Giza (Egypt), Hanging Gardens of Babylon (Mesopotamia), Statue of Zeus at Olympia (Greece), Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (Turkey), Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (Turkey), Colossus of Rhodes (Greece) and Lighthouse of Alexandria (Egypt).

Then, in the year 2000, a Swiss foundation called the New7Wonders Foundation declared that with only one of the original wonders still standing (the pyramid) it was time to come up with a new list. They invited people around the world to vote for their most wondrous human-made structures, and after a years-long process of whittling down the options, the New Seven Wonders were revealed in 2007: the Great Wall of China, Petra (Jordan), Christ the Redeemer Statue (Brazil), Machu Picchu (Peru), Chichen Itza (Mexico), the Roman Colosseum (Italy) and the Taj Mahal (India).

Now, almost two decades later, a UK-based travel insurance company thinks it's time for another list — this time including “the most awe-inspiring tourist attractions from every country on our beautiful planet” — and not just human-made.

For modern times, they decided to use that great online oracle Wikipedia as a starting point. After all, when we wonder about something, chances are we look at the Wikipedia entry on it. So their new list of “wonders” is really the world's most Wikipedia-ed attractions.   

By checking the page views of more than 4,300 landmarks around the globe, they revealed which attractions are the most “wondered” about.

According to their findings, the world's top seven Wikipedia-ed “wonders” are:

1. The Taj Mahal (India): 28,601,383 page views
2. The Burj Khalifa (United Arab Emirates): 23,423,701 page views
3. Mount Everest (Nepal): 22,066,676 page views
4. The Statue of Liberty (US): 19,851,871 page views
5. The Great Wall of China (China): 17,405,607 page views
6. The Eiffel Tower (France): 17,316,414 page views
7. Machu Picchu (Peru): 14,229,131 page views

Their research also breaks down the top scorers by continent. In Africa, the Nile River comes out tops with 8.2-million page views. Mount Kilimanjaro is in second place with 7.5-million page views. However, going by the original criteria for the seven wonders — that they be human feats of creation — Africa's third place winner would be in first. Carthage in Tunisia (5.5-million views) was founded by Phoenician colonists in the ninth century BCE and later became a powerful city-state and maritime empire known as Carthaginian.

Today, Carthage is an archaeological site and a Unesco World Heritage Site. Visitors can explore the ruins of this ancient city, including remnants of its walls, harbours and other structures, which offer insights into its historical significance and architectural achievements. The modern city of Carthage, Tunisia, also stands nearby as a reminder of this ancient civilisation.

On the African continent, most of AllClear's contenders are parks and reserves, including South Africa’s Kruger National Park (one of Africa’s largest game reserves), Namibia’s Skeleton Coast National Park and Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve. The list also includes awe-inspiring mountains such as Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro and Morocco’s Atlas Mountains, and ancient structures such as Egypt’s Valley of Kings.

Read full details of the research and see the “wonders” by continent here.