Archives: Atlas Obscuras

Ballycopeland Windmill

Discover Ballycopeland Windmill in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland: The last working windmill in Northern Ireland.

Dżok the Dog Monument

Discover Dżok the Dog Monument in Krakow, Poland: A statue commemorating a Polish dog who took his role as man's best friend very seriously.

Physical Graffiti Building

Discover Physical Graffiti Building in New York, New York: The East Village tenement from the cover of Led Zeppelin’s 1975 album has a tea shop on the ground floor.

Rising Sun Tavern

Discover Rising Sun Tavern in Fredericksburg, Virginia: Constructed by the younger brother of George Washington.

Trappist Monastery

Discover Trappist Monastery in Winnipeg, Manitoba: The ruins of a burned-down monastery have become a serene park and community space. .

Foy & Gibson Factory

Discover Foy & Gibson Factory in Melbourne, Australia: The Collingwood production facility for a department store that was among the largest and earliest in Australia.

Asansör

Discover Asansör in İzmir, Turkey: This elevator was built in 1907 to connect two neighborhoods separated by a steep, rocky cliff.

Hans Christian Andersen’s Grave

Discover Hans Christian Andersen's Grave in Copenhagen, Denmark: The final resting place of the author who gave us the Little Mermaid, the Ugly Duckling, and many more beloved fairy tales.

Tybo

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Faustův Dům (Faust House)

Discover Faustův Dům (Faust House) in Prague, Czechia: A Baroque mansion with ties to legendary magicians and alchemists.

Dawson-Bailey Spring Site

Discover Dawson-Bailey Spring Site in Arlington, Virginia: This site is believed to be connected to the oldest house in Arlington County.

Niels Bohr’s Grave

Discover Niels Bohr's Grave in Copenhagen, Denmark: The final resting place of one of the brightest physicists of the 20th century.

Public Utility Conduits of Ginza

Discover Public Utility Conduits of Ginza in Tokyo, Japan: Peer into this window for an interesting glimpse into the public utilities that make this city run.

Little Finland

Discover Little Finland in Bunkerville, Nevada: Harder layers in colorful sandstone weather out as prominent “fins" and even more intricate and bizarre shapes.

Our Lady of the Good Star

Discover Nossa Senhora da Boa Estrela (Our Lady of the Good Star) in Unhais da Serra, Portugal: A small sanctuary carved into the mountainside near the tallest point in continental Portugal.

Hiakai

Discover Hiakai in Wellington, New Zealand: This fine-dining restaurant features native New Zealand ingredients and Māori cooking.

Trishund Ganpati Temple

Discover Trishund Ganpati Temple in Pune, India: This basalt temple in the center of Pune was built more than 250 years ago.

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To represent a masterpiece of human creative genius. 261 ii
To exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design. 480 iii
To bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared. 514 iv
To be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history. 642 ix
To be outstanding examples representing significant on-going ecological and biological processes in the evolution and development of terrestrial, fresh water, coastal and marine ecosystems and communities of plants and animals. 137 v
To be an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or cultures), or human interaction with the environment especially when it has become vulnerable under the impact of irreversible change. 172 vi
To be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance. (The Committee considers that this criterion should preferably be used in conjunction with other criteria). 256 vii
To contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance. 151 viii
To be outstanding examples representing major stages of earth's history, including the record of life, significant on-going geological processes in the development of landforms, or significant geomorphic or physiographic features. 98 x
To contain the most important and significant natural habitats for in-situ conservation of biological diversity, including those containing threatened species of outstanding universal value from the point of view of science or conservation. 168

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