Year: 2018

Educación

Discover Educación in San Antonio, Texas: A colorful public mural in San Antonio's West Side encourages students to stay in school.

Wax Museum of Andreas Syggros

Discover Wax Museum of Andreas Syggros in Athens, Greece: A grotesque collection of wax limbs depicting the symptoms of venereal disease.

J.R.R. Tolkien’s Grave

Discover J.R.R. Tolkien's Grave in Oxford, England: The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

Chairman Mao Memorial Hall

Discover Chairman Mao Memorial Hall in Beijing, China: The embalmed remains of the communist leader lie within a custom crystal coffin.

Shaky Bridge

Discover Shaky Bridge in Trenton, New Jersey: This tiny structure was built by the creator of the Brooklyn Bridge.

Battle of Somosierra Memorial

Discover Battle of Somosierra Memorial in Somosierra, Spain: A tiny church remembers the Polish cavalrymen who charged their way into a Napoleonic victory.

Maritime Museum of Tasmania

Discover Maritime Museum of Tasmania in Hobart, Australia: Countless expeditions have left Tasmania to explore Antarctica, but this island state has an even deeper connection with the sea.

Jebel Barkal

Discover Jebel Barkal in Marawi, Sudan: Crumbling pyramids and temple ruins stand within the shadow of this sacred butte.

Muriwai Gannet Colony

Discover Muriwai Gannet Colony in Muriwai, New Zealand: New Zealand's west coast is one of the best places in the world to view these large seabirds.

Peter Strauss Ranch

Discover Peter Strauss Ranch in Agoura Hills, California: A strange mishmash of ruins and abandoned structures hint at the park's many lives.

Nemours Estate

Discover Nemours Estate in Wilmington, Delaware: This splendid Versailles-inspired mansion has the largest French-style formal gardens in North America.

Windsor Murder Factory

Discover Windsor Murder Factory in Windsor, Connecticut: The historic home of a female serial killer whose story inspired the Broadway hit "Arsenic and Old Lace.".

Tokyo’s Owl Police Box

Discover Owl Police Box in Tokyo, Japan: This adorable birdlike police box is designed based on a play on words.

Clam Pass Beach

Discover Clam Pass Beach in Naples, Florida: A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.

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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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