Year: 2018

Beltane Fire Festival

Discover Beltane Fire Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland: Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.

The Mermaid of Užupis

Discover The Mermaid of Užupis in Vilnius, Lithuania: Travelers who fall victim to this mermaid's charms are destined to stay in Užupis forever.

Kulturama

Discover Kulturama in Zurich, Switzerland: Zurich's evolution museum hosts a unique collection of skeletons among its natural history treasures.

Female Pedestrian Lights

Discover Female Pedestrian Lights in Vilnius, Lithuania: These traffic lights celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the women's suffrage movement in Lithuania.

Pen-y-Gwryd Hotel

Discover Pen-y-Gwryd Hotel in Gwynedd, Wales: This Welsh hotel is the spiritual home of the British 1953 Everest expedition, the first successful ascent of Mount Everest.

Fort Kyk-Over-Al

Discover Fort Kyk-Over-Al in Guyana: A brick arch is all that remains of this Dutch fort, once a focal point for colonial power struggles in Guyana.

Patent Pending

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

Biedenharn Coca-Cola Museum

Discover Biedenharn Coca-Cola Museum in Vicksburg, Mississippi: A museum in Mississippi celebrates the history of Coca-Cola and the man who brought it to the masses.

Byblos Archaeological Site

Discover Byblos Archaeological Site in Jbeil, Lebanon: A patchwork of ruins from various civilizations in one of the world's oldest continually inhabited cities.

Museum of Childhood

Discover Museum of Childhood in Edinburgh, Scotland: The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.

Monte Albán

Discover Monte Albán in Monte Albán, Mexico: These sacred Mesoamerican ruins feature peculiar petroglyphs hidden in the stones.

Statue of Unity

Discover Statue of Unity in Narmada, India: The tallest statue in the world is twice the height of the Statue of Liberty.

Kyiv Institute of Information

Discover Kyiv Institute of Information in Kyiv, Ukraine: This exquisite, alienesque piece of Soviet architecture is being threatened by modern shopping malls.

Nairobi Animal Orphanage

Discover Nairobi Animal Orphanage in Nairobi, Kenya: Located in Nairobi National Park, this animal orphanage is the oldest of its kind in Kenya.

Fleming’s Hotel Paternoster Lift

Discover Fleming's Hotel Paternoster Lift in Frankfurt, Germany: A rare chance to ride one of the few continuous elevators still in operation.

Karen Blixen Museum

Discover Karen Blixen Museum in Nairobi, Kenya: The farmhouse owned by the Danish author who wrote "Out of Africa" is now a museum honoring her legacy.

Blenheim Mineral Springs

Discover Blenheim Mineral Springs in Blenheim, South Carolina: Discovered by a soldier during the Revolutionary War, these springs helped create an iconic South Carolina ginger ale.

Alexander Von Humboldt Monument

Discover Alexander Von Humboldt Monument in Mexico City, Mexico: A bronze statue of the famed Prussian naturalist commemorates the year he spent in Mexico.

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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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