Little Boy Zero

Discover Little Boy Zero in La Gloria, Mexico: Statue of Edgar Hernandez, the first victim of swine flu.

Huautla de Jiménez

Discover Huautla de Jiménez in Huautla de Jiménez, Mexico: Southern Mexico under the influence of mushrooms, ceremony and celebrity.

Playa Hermosa

Discover Playa Hermosa in San Blas, Mexico: A wild Hollywood resort thwarted by mosquitoes.

Hotel Quinta Real

Discover Hotel Quinta Real in Zacatecas, Mexico: Hotel designed around a 16th century Mexican bullring.

La Lobera

Discover La Lobera in San Antonio, Mexico: Huge hole looks down onto an underground beach populated with sea lions.

La Mona

Discover La Mona in Tijuana, Mexico: Giant nude woman of Tijuana is also the artist's home.

Conch Shell House

Discover Conch Shell House in Isla Mujeres, Mexico: Beach instrument turned bed and breakfast.

Los Prismas Basálticos Waterfalls

Discover Los Prismas Basálticos Waterfalls in Huasca de Ocampo, Mexico: Two waterfalls flow down the cliff faces decorated with rare natural basalt columns.

Museo Subacuático de Arte

Discover Museo Subacuático de Arte in Cancún, Mexico: Underwater art project will double as a massive artificial coral reef to help regenerate the damaged ecosystem.

Fuente de Tláloc

Discover Fuente de Tláloc in Mexico City, Mexico: Diego Rivera's massive tiled fountain and failed infrastructure project.

Las Pozas

Discover Las Pozas in Xilitla, Mexico: Extraordinary sculpture garden created by an eccentric English poet.

Soumaya Museum

Discover Soumaya Museum in Mexico City, Mexico: 66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

La Casa Azul

Discover La Casa Azul in Mexico City, Mexico: Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

Sala Keoku

Discover Sala Keoku in Tambon Wat That, Thailand: Bizarre Hindu and Buddhist sculpture park.

Rafflesia

Discover Rafflesia in Khlong Sok, Thailand: Surat Thani's official flower—and the world's largest—smells of rotting meat.

Sanctuary of Truth

Discover Sanctuary of Truth in Pattaya, Thailand: A modern temple with an ancient philosophy.

Flygbussarna

Discover Flygbussarna in Arlandastad, Sweden: Sculpture of a bus made from wrecked passenger cars.

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To represent a masterpiece of human creative genius.
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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.
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To bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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To contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance.
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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.
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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.
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