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Merapi Merbaru Menoreh Biosphere Reserve
Merapi Merbabu Menoreh Biosphere Reserve (Cagar Biosfer Merapi Merbabu Menoreh), a UNESCO biosphere reserve in Central Java and Yogyakarta, Indonesia, designated 28 October 2020; 254,877 ha around Merapi, Merbabu, and Menoreh Hills.
Meratus UNESCO Global Geopark
Meratus UNESCO Global Geopark (Geopark Meratus, Jiwanya Borneo) is a 346,500-hectare geopark in South Kalimantan, Indonesia, designated by UNESCO in 2025, known for Indonesia's oldest ophiolite sequence, karst, diamonds, and Banjar and Dayak cultures.
Mercurius
Mercurius, Pleiades place 138463, an ancient fort or tower near Mercuès, France (BAtlas 14 G4), located at 44.496044 N, 1.388701 E, attested AD 300-640 with DARMC location 2472.
Mercurius, Aedes
Mercurius, Aedes (Aedes Mercurii): temple of Mercury in Rome, dedicated 495 B.C. by centurion M. Plaetorius on the Aventine slope above the Circus Maximus; Ides of May festival of merchants; no remains found.
Merenda
Merenda (Μερέντα) is a locality in the Mesogeia of eastern Attica, Greece, south of Markopoulo: a hilltop fort of indeterminate date, the territory of the ancient deme Myrrhinous, and an archaeological site with Neolithic, Mycenaean, Geometric, Classical, and Roman remains, including the 1972 find of the Phrasikleia kore.
Merton Roman Camp
Merton Roman Camp: a scheduled Roman temporary marching camp with parade ground and access road at Merton, Oxfordshire, near Alchester, found by 1990 aerial photography; not the Iron Age Caesar's Camp on Wimbledon Common.
Merv (مرو)
State Historical and Cultural Park “Ancient Merv”, Turkmenistan: archaeological park protecting the Silk Road oasis city of Merv, UNESCO World Heritage site since 1999, spanning 4,000 years with walled cities Erk Kala, Gyaur Kala, and Sultan Kala.
Meryal Waterpark
Meryal Waterpark, Qatar's largest waterpark on Qetaifan Island North, Lusail; 53 slides, 69 attractions; home of the 85 m Rig 1938 tower with Guinness records for tallest water slide (76.309 m) and most slides from one tower (12).
Mesa Prieta petroglyphs
The Mesa Prieta petroglyphs are an estimated 100,000 carved rock images on Mesa Prieta near Velarde in northern New Mexico, spanning roughly 10,000 years and four cultures.
Mesa Verde National Park
Mesa Verde National Park, in southwestern Colorado, protects nearly 5,000 archaeological sites, including 600 cliff dwellings built by the Ancestral Pueblo people from about AD 550 to 1300.
Meseta Iberica Biosphere Reserve
Meseta Ibérica Transboundary Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO site since 2015 on the Spain-Portugal border, largest transboundary biosphere reserve in Europe, 1,132,606 ha, run by ZASNET EGTC.
Mesorome
Mesorome (Greek Mesorome), ancient road station in Cappadocia on the Sebasteia-Nicopolis road, recorded in Ptolemy and the Tabula Peutingeriana, 13 miles before Nicopolis; site unidentified, candidates include Sushehri and Sahna Cimen.
Messon
Messon (Μέσσον) was the pan-Lesbian sanctuary at Mesa in central Lesbos, seat of the Lesbian commonwealth until the 2nd century AD, with a Late Classical Ionic pseudodipteral temple of the Lesbian Triad, Zeus, Hera, and Dionysus.
Mesteacăn
Mesteacăn, a Romanian place name meaning "birch tree", borne by several villages, notably in Maramureș and in Hunedoara County (Brad and Răchitova), two of which are registered Roman-era gold-mining sites.
Meta Romuli
Meta Romuli was a large pyramidal tomb in ancient Rome, near the Vatican, believed in the Middle Ages to be the tomb of Romulus and demolished in 1499.
Metairie Cemetery
Metairie Cemetery is a New Orleans garden cemetery founded in 1872 on the former Metairie Race Course, designed by Benjamin Morgan Harrod around the track's oval, with grand above-ground tombs, notable burials, and 1991 National Register listing.
Metalli Ulpiani
Metalli Ulpiani, "the Ulpian mines", were Roman imperial ore districts named for Trajan (Ulpius), known from nummi metallorum coin legends (Delmatici, Pannonici, Dardanici), fiscus-run under procuratores, renamed metalla Aureliana under Marcus Aurelius.
Meteora Pyli UNESCO Global Geopark
Meteora Pyli UNESCO Global Geopark (Γεωπάρκο Μετεώρων - Πύλης), designated 2024, is a 2,409.5 km2 geopark in western Thessaly, Greece, spanning Meteora and Pyli municipalities, famed for 300-meter sandstone columns topped by Byzantine monasteries.
Meter Plastena, T.
Meter Plastena, T. (Pleiades 550736) names a large rock-cut Hittite relief of a seated figure in a niche on Mount Sipylus at Akpınar near Manisa, Turkey, later identified with Kybele, with Luwian inscriptions of Ku(wa)lanamuwa.
Metrocentre
Metrocentre, also known as Intu MetroCentre, is a large shopping and leisure center in Gateshead, England, opened in 1986 on a power station ash dump.
Metroon at Olympia
Metroon at Olympia: small Doric temple in the Altis, early 4th century BC, dedicated to Rhea-Cybele, Mother of the Gods; converted from Augustus onward into a center for the Roman imperial cult.
Metropolitan Park (Queens)
Metropolitan Park, also called Hard Rock Metropolitan Park, is Steve Cohen and Hard Rock International's $8 billion casino and entertainment development on Citi Field's parking lots in Queens, with 25 acres of park space, licensed December 2025.
Metsakalmistu
Metsakalmistu, the Forest Cemetery, is a 48.3-hectare public cemetery in Tallinn, Estonia, founded in 1933 and reserved for notable public figures, including presidents, writers, and composers.
Metsola Biosphere Reserve
Metsola Biosphere Reserve is a UNESCO biosphere reserve in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, designated in 2017 on the border with Finland and built around the Kostomukshsky Reserve.
Mexican Department
Mexican Department (მექსიკის განყოფილება), phytogeographic section of Batumi Botanical Garden, Georgia; 0.7 ha, 38 species of 23 genera, 7 IUCN red-list species, and a Mexican Stone Garden succulent hill.
Mezad Thamar
Mezad Thamar (Mezad Tamar, Qasr el-Juheiniya) is a Roman-Byzantine fortress in Israel's northern Negev, 12 km west of the Dead Sea; a 40 x 40 m quadroburgus with central reservoir, Nabatean origins, and mid-Byzantine peak use.
Mezraa Teleilat
Mezraa Teleilat (Mezraa-Teleilat Höyüğü) is a Neolithic mound on the Euphrates near Birecik, Şanlıurfa, Turkey, excavated 1999–2004 by Mehmet Özdoğan; notable for continuous PPNB-to-Pottery Neolithic stratigraphy, a rare PPNB fortification wall, and Neo-Assyrian palace remains.
MGM Macau Casino
MGM Macau Casino (澳門美高梅), opened December 18, 2007, is the casino of the MGM MACAU integrated resort on the Macau Peninsula, run by MGM Grand Paradise under MGM China: 23,283 square meters, 345 tables, 1,044 slots as of 2025.
Miâara Cemetery
Miâara (Miaâra, El Miaara) is the historic Jewish cemetery in the mellah of Marrakesh, Morocco: a walled site of about 20,000 whitewashed tombs, founded in the 15th century, holding the mausoleum of Rabbi Hanania HaCohen and tended by the Muslim Kanami family; the name is also applied to a Casablanca cemetery.
Miami Arena
Miami Arena was a 14,500-seat indoor arena in downtown Miami's Overtown/Park West area, built in 1988 for $52.2 million as the original home of the Miami Heat and Florida Panthers, and demolished in 2008.