Year: 2018

Ulele Fairyland Figures

Discover Ulele Fairyland Figures in Tampa, Florida: These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.

Nederland Mining Museum

Discover Nederland Mining Museum in Nederland, Colorado: One of the few surviving Panama Canal steam shovels stands outside a tiny Colorado mining museum.

The Huddleston

Discover The Huddleston in Hamilton, New Zealand: A steampunk airship "floats" above Hamilton Gardens delivering plants and compost.

Leaning Mailboxes

Discover Leaning Mailboxes in Taipei City, Taiwan: These charming mailboxes became social media stars after a typhoon failed to topple them.

The Great Thangka

Stretching almost 2,000 feet, this Tibetan painting is one longest pieces of Buddhist artwork in the world.

Wizard of Oz Metal Statues

Discover Wizard of Oz Metal Statues in Juneau, Alaska: On top of a sheet metal business in Juneau stand nearly a dozen charming Wizard of Oz statues.

Ranthambore Fort

Discover Ranthambore Fort in Ranthambhore Fort, India: The evocative ruins of a 1,000-year-old hill fort lie within a popular tiger reserve.

Fenland and West Norfolk Aviation Museum

Discover Fenland and West Norfolk Aviation Museum in Wisbech, England: Peek inside restored planes at this off-the-beaten-path collection of aviation archaeology.

Goslar Nail Head

Discover Goslar Nail Head in Goslar, Germany: This strange sculpture is an enigmatic icon of this medieval German town.

Camera Museum

Discover Camera Museum in London, England: This museum tucked below a charming cafe gives a brief snapshot of photographic history.

Red Chair

Discover Red Chair in Iceland: A giant red chair bolted to a rock on a remote mossy hillside in Iceland.

Lytham Mussel Tanks

Discover Lytham Mussel Tanks in Lytham, England: Once upon a time these giant concrete tanks were used by local fishermen to clean their wild-caught mussels.

Treetop Tower of Rügen

Discover Treetop Tower of Rügen in Binz, Germany: A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.

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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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