Year: 2017

Thoor Ballylee

Discover Thoor Ballylee in Galway, Ireland: This 14th century tower house was once the home of Irish poet W.B. Yeats.

United Palace Theatre

Discover United Palace Theatre in New York, New York: One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

Site of Sportsman’s Park

Discover Site of Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, Missouri: This spot in St. Louis, marked with a simple sign, has seen more pro baseball than just about anywhere else in the world.

Napoleon’s Angels

Discover Napoleon's Angels in Paris, France: Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

The Tombstone House

Discover The Tombstone House in Petersburg, Virginia: A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

Where Shute Fell

Discover Where Shute Fell in Stoneham, Massachusetts: This headstone-like marker inscribed with three words has been an utter mystery for over a century.

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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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