Archives: Atlas Obscuras

Minichelista Restaurant

Discover Minichelista Restaurant in Mexico City, Mexico: A quirky and charming restaurant founded by artists.

The Story Museum

Discover The Story Museum in Oxford, England: An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

Bodegas Güell

Discover Bodegas Güell in Garraf, Spain: This whimsical winery by Antoni Gaudí looks ripped from the pages of a fairytale.

Photo Antiquities Museum

Discover Photo Antiquities Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Its vintage camera collection gives a snapshot of the past as viewed through a photographic lens.

Spider Web Rice Fields

Discover Spider Web Rice Fields in Ruteng, Indonesia: The unique design was created by the traditional way communal rice paddies were divided among the indigenous people.

Museum of Sin

Discover Museum of Sin in Tambov, Russia: A homemade anatomical collection of medical anomalies and accidental catastrophes.

Garavice Memorial Park

Discover Garavice Memorial Park in Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina: A forgotten and crumbling Yugoslav monument to the victims of fascism.

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To represent a masterpiece of human creative genius. 260 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. 474 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. 499 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. 633 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. 135 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. 167 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). 252 vii
To contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance. 148 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. 96 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. 166

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