Year: 2017

La Escondida

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

The Cleveland Arcade

Discover The Cleveland Arcade in Cleveland, Ohio: Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

The ‘Music Tree’ Chainsaw Art

Discover The Music Tree in New Orleans, Louisiana: A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.

The Satanic Temple

Discover The Satanic Temple in Salem, Massachusetts: The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.

Climb to the Top of Europe

Mount Elbrus, the highest peak on the continent, is a key pillar of the Seven Summits mountaineering challenge.

Osborne Bull

Discover Osborne Bull in Guadalajara, Spain: Originally used to sell brandy, the bull-shaped billboard became an iconic symbol of Spain.

FDR Smokestack Memorial

Discover FDR Smokestack Memorial in Cambridge, Maryland: The elevator hidden in a smokestack on Roosevelt's yacht now serves as a monument to the former president.

Cascades Raptor Center

Discover Cascades Raptor Center in Eugene, Oregon: This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

NASA Full Scale Wind Tunnel Propeller

Discover NASA Full Scale Wind Tunnel Propeller in Washington, D.C.: While most wind tunnels test scale models, the "Cave of Winds" was large enough for actual airplanes.

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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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