Year: 2016

Greta Garbo Statue of Integrity

Discover Greta Garbo Statue of Integrity in Härjedalen, Sweden: This statue, deep in a Swedish forest, is all alone, just like the renowned recluse would have wanted.

Cannibal Museum

Discover Arnold's Cannibal Museum in Hörby, Sweden: A former hen house turned curiosity cabinet displays one man's lifelong fascination with cannibalism.

Sweden’s Talking Stones

Discover Bexell's Talking Stones in Varberg, Sweden: Hundreds of mossy stones engraved with bits of philosophy, literature and random musings.

Kyrkö Car Cemetery

Discover Kyrkö Car Cemetery in Tingsryd SV, Sweden: A peat bog in southern Sweden provides a cozy and photogenic home for junked Volvos, Saabs, and the occasional American muscle car.

Rök Rune Stone

Discover Rök Rune Stone in Ödeshög, Sweden: This encrypted monolith protected a secret of Norse mythology by hiding in a church wall for over a millennium.

World’s Only Mounted Blue Whale

Discover Malm Whale in Gothenburg, Sweden: One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.

Utter Inn

Discover Utter Inn in Västerås, Sweden: A floating underwater hotel, created by a Swedish artist.

Stockholm’s ‘Rag and Bone’

Discover Rag and Bone in Norrmalm, Sweden: This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.

Arraba Statue of Liberty

Discover Arraba Statue of Liberty in Arraba, Israel: This mysterious Lady Liberty stands at the entrance to a small Israeli village.

Red Sea Star

Discover Red Sea Star in Eilat, Israel: Underwater restaurant at the coral reefs of Eilat.

Jerusalem’s Ancient Tunnel

Discover Siloam Tunnel in East Jerusalem, Israel: An ancient tunnel in Jerusalem built to redirect water in the event of a siege is one of history’s great architectural innovations.

The Carmelit

Discover The Carmelit in Haifa, Israel: This subterranean funicular is one of the world's smallest subways.

Akhzivland

Discover Akhzivland in Nahariya, Israel: The most peaceful "country" in the Middle East.

The Old Prison

Discover The Old Prison in Victoria, Malta: This prison on the Maltese island of Gozo is almost 500 years old, and they have the graffiti to prove it.

Ruins of Poggioreale

Discover Ruins of Poggioreale in Poggioreale, Italy: This entire town moved to a safe location after it was devastated by an earthquake, but the remains of the original town are still around.

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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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