Year: 2018

Winterthur

Discover Winterthur in Wilmington, Delaware: A blend of art, antiquities, and Americana fill this museum, surrounded by whimsical, enchanting gardens.

The Tinkers’ Heart

Discover The Tinkers' Heart in Argyll and Bute, Scotland: A rare permanent monument to the Scottish Travellers.

Palazzo Berri-Meregalli

Discover Palazzo Berri-Meregalli in Milan, Italy: This curious building hides eclectic details like medieval gargoyles alongside naked angels and Art Nouveau mosaics.

Crail Airfield

Discover Crail Airfield in Crail, Scotland: Soviet intelligence had a keen interest in the Cold War linguistic school at this old Scottish airfield.

The ‘Great Carrier Reef’

Discover USS Oriskany in Pensacola, Florida: The 44,000-ton aircraft carrier was purposely sunk to create an artificial reef teeming with life.

Baltimore Beacon

Discover Baltimore Beacon in Cork, Ireland: An oddly conical beacon perched atop beautiful Irish cliffs.

B-17 Bomber Crash Site

Discover B-17 Bomber Crash Site in Bellvue, Colorado: The wreckage of a World War II bomber is hidden high in the Colorado wilderness.

Project Diana Site

Discover Project Diana Site in Wall Township, New Jersey: The first dish to bounce radio signals off the Moon, it was the forerunner to the U.S. Space Program.

Dickens Victorian Village

Discover Dickens Victorian Village in Cambridge, Ohio: Hundreds of 19th-century characters descend upon an Ohio town every autumn.

West Virginia State Farm Museum

Discover West Virginia State Farm Museum in Point Pleasant, West Virginia: The farming museum contains an extensive taxidermy collection, including the world's largest stuffed horse.

Öndvegissúlur

Discover Öndvegissúlur in Selfoss, Iceland: A replica of the decorated wooden pillars Viking sailors threw overboard when finding new places to establish a settlement.

‘The Hills Have Eyes’ Gas Station

Discover 'The Hills Have Eyes' Gas Station in Province de Ouarzazate, Morocco: An abandoned horror film set sits eerily along a highway through Hollywood's "door to the desert.".

Foucault Pendulum of Chile

Discover Foucault Pendulum of Valdivia in Valdivia, Chile: A 63-foot-tall swinging ball hypnotizes passersby, and proves to any remaining doubters that the Earth is spinning.

Atlanta Rainbow Crosswalks

Discover Atlanta Rainbow Crosswalks in Atlanta, Georgia: A colorful square marks the heart of the city's LGBTQ community.

The Old Place Restaurant

Discover The Old Place Restaurant in Agoura Hills, California: The beloved dining spot stands at the cross-section of Hollywood and the Old West.

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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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