Year: 2017

Giant Fork of Vevey

Discover La Fourchette (The Fork) in Vevey, Switzerland: At 929 pounds and 26 feet tall, this stainless steel fork can only be used by the likes of King Kong.

Upper Big Branch Miners Memorial

Discover Upper Big Branch Miners Memorial in Whitesville, West Virginia: A memorial in coal country commemorates the victims of an all-too-preventable mining disaster.

M*A*S*H Filming Location

Discover M*A*S*H Filming Location in Agoura Hills, California: The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

The Painted Forest

Discover The Painted Forest in Wonewoc, Wisconsin: An unassuming house in Wisconsin hides a transient artist’s magnum opus.

The World’s Richest Deposit of Gold

Discover Witwatersrand Basin in Hartbeespoort, South Africa: It's estimated that half of the world's gold was mined from South Africa's "golden arc.".

Washington, D.C.’s Infamous Gas Station

Discover Watergate Gas Station in Washington, D.C.: This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.

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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
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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