Year: 2017

The World’s Largest Pipe

Discover Giant Pipe of Pipestone in Pipestone, Minnesota: A town honors its legacy of traditional American Indian pipe carving with one gigantic pipe.

Ruins of Madame Sherri’s Castle

Discover Madame Sherri's Castle in Chesterfield, New Hampshire: Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

Battle of Abu Klea Memorial

Discover Battle of Abu Klea Memorial in Al Matammah, Sudan: A remote monument to one of the fiercest battles fought by the Victorian British Army.

The Executioner’s House in Malta

Discover The Executioner's House in Il-Birgu, Malta: The medieval home is still engraved with the symbol of the profession, an eye flanked by two axes.

Turnagain Arm Bore Tide

Discover Turnagain Arm Bore Tide in Anchorage, Alaska: During the summer, Alaskan surfers take advantage of this inlet’s unusual water patterns.

Site of the Woolworth Lunch Counter Sit-in

Discover Site of the Woolworth Lunch Counter Sit-in in Greensboro, North Carolina: This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

Museum of the Communist Consumer

Discover Museum of the Communist Consumer in Timișoara, Romania: A collection of items from a way of life that no longer exists.

The Red Fiat

Discover The Red Fićo in Osijek, Croatia: A tribute to an iconic act of defiance from the Croatian War of Independence involving a small car.

Oyster Vending Machine

Discover Oyster Vending Machine in Ars-en-Ré, France: For those late-night mollusk cravings.

Zapa Concrete Factory

Discover Zapa Concrete Holubice in Holubice, Czechia: A concrete plant shaped like four giant soldiers commemorates one of the most decisive battles of the Napoleonic Wars.

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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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