Year: 2017

The World’s Largest Laundromat

Discover World's Largest Laundromat in Berwyn, Illinois: The clothes-washing king doubles as a community center with some unusual features, including an aviary filled with finches.

Tsunami Memorial at Yala National Park

Discover Tsunami Memorial at Yala National Park in Hambantota, Sri Lanka: Only the foundation remains of the rest stop building that was hit by three large tsunami waves, killing 47 visitors.

The Many Costumes of John Milton

Discover Dressed John Milton Statue in Milton, Delaware: A statue of the English poet for whom this Delaware town is named is ritually dressed in seasonally appropriate clothing.

Golden Driller

Discover Golden Driller in Tulsa, Oklahoma: The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.

Antique Fan Museum

Discover Antique Fan Museum in Zionsville, Indiana: A collection of 450 air-moving devices of all kinds displayed in the Fanimation headquarters.

World’s Largest Slinky

Discover World's Largest Slinky in Oaks, Pennsylvania: Once on display alongside a giant Gumby, it’s as tall as a nine-story building when fully extended.

The Purgatory Church

The macabre symbols of death and mummies on display are meant to reaffirm the concept of purgatory.

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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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