Year: 2017

Narusawa Ice Cave

Discover Narusawa Hyoketsu (Ice Cave) in Narusawa-mura, Japan: A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." .

Cathedral Peacock Hutch

Discover Cathedral Peacock Hutch in New York, New York: The church's three resident peacocks now have their own Gothic-style abode.

Tombs of the Kings

Discover Tombs of the Kings in Paphos, Cyprus: An ancient necropolis of magnificent tombs.

Lange Duinen

Discover Lange Duinen in Soest, Netherlands: This large sand dune in the Netherlands is home to wind-whipped trees with "floating" roots.

Sometimes Train Tracks of Sunset Beach

Discover Sometimes Train Tracks of Sunset Beach in Cape May, New Jersey: Several times a year, during low tide, two pairs of historic train tracks are revealed on this New Jersey beach.

We Are Our Mountains

Discover We Are Our Mountains in Stepanakert, Azerbaijan: This striking icon of the disputed Republic of Artsakh caused a stir at a Eurovision Song Contest.

La Escondida

Discover La Escondida in San Miguel Ameyalco, Mexico: A fairy garden in an old hotel hidden in La Marquesa forest.

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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
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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
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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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