Year: 2017

New York Chinese Scholar’s Garden

Discover New York Chinese Scholar's Garden in Staten Island, New York: This small and serene place for quiet reflection on Staten Island was built in China based on the gardens of the Ming Dynasty.

Victory Memorial Drive

Discover Victory Memorial Drive in Minneapolis, Minnesota: A little-known memorial to servicemen and nurses killed in the line of duty during the First World War.

A Sky Full of Gods and Buddhas

Discover A Sky Full of Gods and Buddhas in Hong Kong: Thousands of abandoned statues of deities are taken to this hillside in southern Hong Kong.

Fire Museum in City Hall

Discover Fire Museum in City Hall in The Dalles, Oregon: A small, fascinating fire museum hidden in plain sight in an administrative building.

Grožnjan Town Loggia

Discover Grožnjan Town Loggia in Grožnjan, Croatia: The Renaissance-era courthouse is a relic from the fortified town's centuries of Venetian rule.

Grave of Johnny Morehouse

Discover Grave of Johnny Morehouse in Dayton, Ohio: A headstone tells the sad story of a lost little boy and his pet dog.

The Devil’s Stone

Discover The Devil's Stone in Lübeck, Germany: A statue honors the local legend that the devil helped build St. Mary's church after being tricked into thinking it was going to be a wine bar.

Galeria Forty / Forty

Discover Galeria Forty / Forty in Warsaw, Poland: A hidden art gallery in an abandoned Warsaw fort.

Ministers Island

Discover Ministers Island in Saint Andrews, New Brunswick: A rare opportunity to drive across the ocean floor.

Riff Raff Statue

Discover Riff Raff Statue in Hamilton, New Zealand: The "Rocky Horror Picture Show" character has a hidden camera that broadcasts people doing the "Time Warp.".

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To represent a masterpiece of human creative genius. 261 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. 480 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. 514 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. 642 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. 137 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. 172 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). 256 vii
To contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance. 151 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. 98 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. 168

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