Year: 2016

Castelinho da Rua Apa

Discover Castelinho da Rua Apa in São Paulo, Brazil: Striking ruins of a mansion that stood center stage in one of modern Brazil's most puzzling crimes.

Ilha Fiscal

Discover Ilha Fiscal in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: This Brazilian palace island was once the site of the last grand ball before revolution.

Chapada das Mesas National Park

Discover Chapada das Mesas National Park in Santa Terezinha, Brazil: High plateaus and beautiful waterfalls frame this ecologically significant nature preserve.

Rio de Janeiro Cathedral

Discover Rio de Janeiro Cathedral in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: This massive Brazilian church is built like an angular, technicolor pyramid left by Mayans from the future.

Snake Island

Discover Snake Island (Ilha da Queimada Grande) in Brazil: Off-limits and full of venomous pit vipers, Snake Island's nickname is frighteningly apt.

Fordlândia

Discover Fordlândia in Aveiro, Brazil: Henry Ford's failed rubber plantation in the middle of the Amazon rain forest.

Glacier Republic

Discover Glacier Republic in Natales, Chile: An unrecognized micronation declared by Greenpeace to protect the glaciers of Chile.

Washburn Park Water Tower

Discover Washburn Park Water Tower in Minneapolis, Minnesota: Eight "Guardians of Health" protect this art deco water tower from pollutants and bacteria.

Watkins Woolen Mill

Discover Watkins Woolen Mill in Kearney, Missouri: One of America's first planned communities is preserved in a state park.

Ruins of the Jumiège Abbey

Discover Ruins of the Jumiège Abbey in Jumièges, France: Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

Nuclear Shelter 10-Z

Discover Nuclear Shelter 10-Z in Brno, Czechia: A former top secret nuclear fallout shelter now operates like a hotel stuck in the Cold War.

Saddam Hussein’s Blood Quran

Discover Saddam Hussein's Blood Quran in Baghdad, Iraq: A 605-page Quran penned in the blood of a dictator is locked away in a mosque.

Harry’s New York Bar

Discover Harry's New York Bar in Paris, France: A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

Kungens Rondell (King’s Carousel)

Discover Kungens Rondell (King's Carousel) in Norrköping, Sweden: This roundabout was renamed in honor of the Swedish king's royal fender-bender.

The Seely House

Discover The Seely House in Mamaroneck, New York: The "Skinny House" is made from scrap, salvage, and a neighbor’s kindness.

The Ten Bells Pub

Discover The Ten Bells Pub in London, England: Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

Greyhound Bus Museum

Discover Greyhound Bus Museum in Hibbing, Minnesota: An abandoned bus station transformed into a museum dedicated to the history of Greyhound Lines, in the place where it all began.

Menu

i
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

PP ToS