Year: 2017

The Ziegfeld Head

Discover The Ziegfeld Head in New York, New York: The front yard of an Upper East Side town house hides the last fragment of one of New York's most famous theatres.

George Washington in a British Military Uniform

Discover George Washington in a British Military Uniform in Waterford, Pennsylvania: The only statue of its kind to commemorate Washington's beginnings as an officer of the British Colonial Militia.

Šumarice Memorial Park

Discover Šumarice Memorial Park in Kragujevac, Serbia: Abstract monuments express sorrow and resilience at the site of a horrific massacre in Nazi-occupied Serbia.

Carrabelle Bottle House

Discover Carrabelle Bottle House in Carrabelle, Florida: The bottle house obsession struck a Florida man in his retirement, and now he can't stop building.

Hinckley Hilton President’s Walk

Discover Hinckley Hilton President's Walk in Washington, D.C.: A hidden passageway now marks the site of an assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan that some say broke a 140-year-old curse.

Old Car City

Discover Old Car City in White, Georgia: One of the world's largest automobile junkyards is a unique landscape of metal and moss.

The Diana Room

Discover The Diana Room in Barranco, Peru: A small, emotionally charged room inside the Mario Testino Museum dedicated to Princess Diana and one famous photo shoot.

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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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