Year: 2017

Cowboy Church of Ellis County

Discover Cowboy Church of Ellis County in Waxahachie, Texas: Baptisms in troughs and post-sermon rodeos at the world's biggest cowboy church.

Romagne 14-18

Discover Romagne 14-18 in Romagne-Sous-Montfaucon, France: A unique museum tells the story of the day-to-day life of World War I soldiers.

Ra Obelisk

Discover Ra Obelisk in Columbia, South Carolina: An old train trestle re-imagined as an Egyptian obelisk.

Soviet Dacha

Discover Soviet Dacha in Moscow, Russia: This frozen-in-time summer home outside Moscow provides a look at Russian life in the 1950s.

Curwood Castle

Discover Curwood Castle in Owosso, Michigan: The writing studio of an American adventure author, built in the style of a medieval castle.

Rudolph Grotto Gardens

Discover Rudolph Grotto Gardens in Rudolph, Wisconsin: Five acres of divinely inspired folk art.

Nevadaville Ghost Town

Discover Nevadaville Ghost Town in Central City, Colorado: This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.

Ruins of St. Mary’s Priory Cathedral

Discover Ruins of St. Mary's Priory Cathedral in Coventry, England: All that remains of the only English cathedral destroyed in the Protestant Reformation.

Bélmez Faces

Discover Bélmez Faces in Bélmez de la Moraleda, Spain: Mysterious face-like images that appeared within an Andalusian house are surrounded by legends of the paranormal.

Darlingtonia State Natural Site

Discover Darlingtonia State Natural Site in Florence, Oregon: The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

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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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