Year: 2016

Ben Abeba

Discover Ben Abeba in Lalibela, Ethiopia: An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.

Knocknakilla Stone Circle

Discover Knocknakilla Stone Circle in Cork, Ireland: Just another ancient, mysterious Irish stone circle.

Wiñay Wayna

Discover Wiñay Wayna in Urubamba, Peru: These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.

St Mary The Virgin

Discover St Mary The Virgin in Clophill, England: A reportedly haunted 14th century church is curiously facing the “wrong direction.”.

St. Agnes Church and School

Discover St. Agnes Church and School in Detroit, Michigan: This Detroit ruin was once a gothic bastion of its community, but now it stands as a haunting ruin.

Minichelista Restaurant

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

Tent Pole Monument to Circus Dead

Discover Tent Pole Monument to Circus Dead in Wahpeton, North Dakota: On the windswept Dakota plains there is a memorial to circus workers who were struck down by lightning.

The Big Edge

Discover The Big Edge in Las Vegas, Nevada: A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

Gullfoss (Golden Falls)

Discover Gullfoss (Golden Falls) in Iceland: If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

Ai-Ais—Richtersveld Transfrontier Park

Discover Ai-Ais—Richtersveld Transfrontier Park in Namibia/South Africa: A seemingly desolate park that belongs to two countries actually supports all kinds of wildlife.

Sea Ranch Chapel

Discover Sea Ranch Chapel in Sea Ranch, California: This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

Belgrade Aviation Museum

Discover Belgrade Aviation Museum in Belgrade, Serbia: In the hinterlands of Serbia's capital, a giant reflective mushroom houses an aeronautical history of the former Yugoslav republic.

D.C.’s Other Watergate

Discover Watergate Steps in Washington, D.C.: Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate.".

Man of Bicorp Cave Painting

Discover Man of Bicorp Cave Painting in Bicorp, Spain: This ancient rock painting is the oldest evidence of humans’ love affair with honey.

Remains of Truxton Circle Fountain

Discover Remains of Truxton Circle Fountain in Fort Washington, Maryland: Remains of a historic fountain that was mysteriously lost in the demolition of a D.C. traffic circle.

Rosehill Cemetery

Discover Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois: Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

Volvo Museum

Discover Volvo Museum in Gothenburg, Sweden: The place to be if you love vintage Swedish cars.

Princeton Cemetery

Discover Princeton Cemetery in Princeton, New Jersey: The final resting place of many of New Jersey's most famous residents, including U.S. history's most in-vogue antagonist, Aaron Burr.

British Cemetery of Ocracoke

Discover British Cemetery of Ocracoke in Ocracoke, North Carolina: The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

Schimpff’s Confectionery

Discover Schimpff's Confectionery in Jeffersonville, Indiana: This candy shop has been serving up sweets to the Louisville area since the 1850s.

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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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