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by blocked_again 1422 days ago
Best guess would be the same structures that have been kept around us by over the past hundred years for their importance, scarcity and usefulness.

Some of them being Great Wall of China, Taj Mahal, Machu Pichu, Petra, etc.

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> Some of them being Great Wall of China, Taj Mahal, Machu Pichu, Petra, etc.

See:

> Thus, the Lindy effect proposes the longer a period something has survived to exist or be used in the present, the longer its remaining life expectancy. Longevity implies a resistance to change, obsolescence or competition and greater odds of continued existence into the future.[2] Where the Lindy effect applies, mortality rate decreases with time.

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect

Petra was abandoned and rediscovered in the 1800s and has really only emerged in the last 20 years as a destination, after being featured in Indiana Jones movie. Similarly Machu Picchu was abandoned and forgotten only to be rediscovered in 1909.
Incidentally, both happen to be two of the most satisfying wonders to build in Civilization VI