Year: 2017

World’s Largest Light Bulb

Discover World’s Largest Light Bulb in Edison, New Jersey: A giant light 13 feet high shines near Thomas Edison's old Menlo Park lab.

Vermont’s Marble Mansions

Discover Vermont's Marble Mansions in Fair Haven, Vermont: Two distinctive homes on a New England village green look like a couple of frosted wedding cakes.

Hispanic Society Museum and Library

Discover Hispanic Society Museum and Library in New York, New York: This Manhattan museum houses one of the largest collections of Spanish art and manuscripts outside of Spain.

Site of a Japanese Balloon Bomb Explosion

Discover Site of a Japanese Balloon Bomb Explosion in Omaha, Nebraska: These experimental weapons brought World War II to Nebraska as well as 26 other U.S. states.

The Socialist Scouts of Yugoslavia

Discover Little Pioneers Youth Camp in North Macedonia: An abandoned resort in North Macedonia is a relic from the Communist Party of Yugoslavia.

Goodwin’s Court

Discover Goodwin's Court in London, England: An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

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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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