Year: 2014

Stasi Museum

Discover Stasi Museum in Berlin, Germany: A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

De Wieden National Park Observation Tower

Discover De Wieden National Park Observation Tower in Sint Jansklooster, Netherlands: Repurposed space and ultra-modern construction collide to create this geometric wooden spectacle.

Gerbrandy Tower

Discover Gerbrandy Tower in IJsselstein, Netherlands: Tower that turns into world's tallest Christmas tree.

The Luchtsingel

Discover The Luchtsingel in Rotterdam, Netherlands: Built by crowdsourcing, this wooden foot bridge saved a part of Rotterdam that was languishing in wait of city funding.

Hotel de Vrouwe van Stavoren

Discover Hotel de Vrouwe van Stavoren in Stavoren, Netherlands: A Netherlands hotel where you can sleep inside a wine barrel.

Fort Saint Pieter

Discover Fort Saint Pieter in Maastricht, Netherlands: This historical Netherlands fortress still bears the marks of its single siege.

Librije Chained Library

Discover Librije Chained Library in Zutphen, Netherlands: Unchanged for centuries, this medieval library keeps its books in chains.

Museum Speelklok

Discover Museum Speelklok in Utrecht, Netherlands: This Netherlands museum holds a gloriously mechanical collection of ornate musical automata.

Giethoorn

Discover Giethoorn in Giethoorn, Netherlands: This small town in the Netherlands has no roads but instead, miles of canals and over 100 bridges.

Micropia

Discover Micropia in Amsterdam, Netherlands: The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

Mundo a Vapor

Discover Mundo a Vapor in Canela, Brazil: This attraction is devoted to the wonders of steam power and features a replica of one of its most public disasters.

Museum of Astronomy and Related Sciences

Discover Museum of Astronomy and Related Sciences in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: This Brazilian astronomy museum allows guests to gaze at the stars through their telescopes each weekend.

Anchieta Island Correctional Institute

Discover Anchieta Island Correctional Institute in Ubatuba, Brazil: The ruins of this Brazilian island prison still bear the scars of the bloody rebellion that closed it down.

Cidade Albanoel

Discover Cidade Albanoel in Itaguaí, Brazil: An abandoned Santa park is as far as this proposed theme park kingdom got toward completion.

Nave Espacial de Varginha

Discover Nave Espacial de Varginha in Varginha, Brazil: Spacecraft shaped water tower is only a part of the mysterious UFO mania in this Brazilian town.

Vale da Lua

Discover Vale da Lua in Alto Paraíso de Goiás, Brazil: After millennia of erosion by sand and churning water this Brazilian valley now looks like a lunar fantasy.

The Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading

Discover The Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: This stunning Brazilian library contains the largest collection of Portuguese texts outside of Portugal itself.

Trang An Landscape Complex

Situated near the southern margin of the Red River Delta, the Trang An Landscape Complex is a spectacular landscape of limestone karst peaks permeated with valleys, many of them partly submerged and surrounded by steep, almost vertical cliffs. Explorati…

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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. 474 iii
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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. 135 v
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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). 252 vii
To contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance. 148 viii
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