Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It is the place “between the spaces” — a purgatory. At least, the locals on the island of Pohnpei in Micronesia seem to think so.

Nan Madol is located near the southern side of the Federated States of Micronesia. It is the only ancient city ever built atop a coral reef. Christopher Pala We zigzag slowly in our skiff around the ...

Visiting the ruins of Nan Madol in the Federated States of Micronesia is like stepping into an Indiana Jones movie. Canals connect 92 man-made islets over 200 acres built on basalt and coral boulders ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Satellite images are shedding new light on a mysterious city built on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Some locals in ...

Images have emerged of the ruins of a floating city that was home to an ancient Pacific Ocean civilisation which vanished 400 years ago. Nan Madol was the only city ever built entirely on water. The ...

The ancient complex of Nan Madol on the island of Pohnpei in Micronesia has fascinated visitors for centuries. Now, thanks to satellite technology, researchers have captured the ruins from a ...

The monumental tomb of the first ever chief of Nana Madol on the Pacific island of Pohnpei is helping shed light on how other, more ancient societies form. New techniques have allowed scientists to ...

POHNPEI STATE, Micronesia – I’m panicked and soaked as smiling locals fish me out of the bay on the island of Pohnpei in Micronesia. “Trip of a lifetime,” I sarcastically thought as we made our way ...