Year: 2017

The Cassidy Trail

Discover The Cassidy Trail in Panguitch, Utah: Local lore holds that Butch Cassidy took an escape route through Red Canyon's sandstone hoodoos after an attempted murder.

AIDS Interfaith Memorial Chapel

Discover AIDS Interfaith Memorial Chapel in San Francisco, California: The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.

Knife Edge

Discover Knife Edge in Washington, D.C.: Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.

Stockholm’s 360-Degree Library

Discover Stadsbiblioteket (Stockholm Public Library) in Stockholm, Sweden: The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.

Rosita’s Bridge

Discover Rosita's Bridge in San Antonio, Texas: An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

Richmond Castle in Kalutara

Discover Richmond Castle in Kalutara in Kalutara, Sri Lanka: This palatial, 99-doored Colonial mansion is a marvel of architectural fusion.

Museum of the House Cat

Discover American Museum of the House Cat in Sylva, North Carolina: This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

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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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