Year: 2017

Exercise Tiger Memorial

Discover Exercise Tiger Memorial in Devon, England: A disastrous D-Day rehearsal was relatively unknown until this sunken tank was discovered 40 years later.

The Cottingley Fairies

Discover Cottingley Beck in Bingley, England: The photographs of "fairies" that fooled much of the world (including the creator of Sherlock Homes) were taken at this English stream.

Rosary Chapel

Discover Rosary Chapel in Puebla, Mexico: The splendor of this 17th century golden chapel has led it to be called the "eighth wonder of the world.".

John Harvard ‘Statue of Three Lies’

Discover John Harvard 'Statue of Three Lies' in Cambridge, Massachusetts: The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

Virginia’s Yellow Fever Mass Grave

Discover Yellow Fever Park in Norfolk, Virginia: One tiny triangular park commemorates the victims of a yellow fever epidemic—many of whom are buried right below the grass.

Victoria Police Museum

Discover Victoria Police Museum in Melbourne, Australia: Unusual finds in this shrine to local law enforcement include a 19th-century vampire-slaying kit.

Supersense

Discover Supersense in Vienna, Austria: A neo-Gothic mansion now houses a wunderkammer of analog tech that hits on all the senses.

Fire Services Museum of Victoria

Discover Fire Services Museum of Victoria in East Melbourne, Australia: A firefighting museum housed in a historic station whose Lookout Tower watches over Melbourne.

Brick Buildings of Zabid

Discover Brick Buildings of Zabid in Zabid, Yemen: Elaborate patterns adorn the city's disappearing traditional architecture.

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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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