Year: 2018

Crow Canyon Petroglyphs

Discover Crow Canyon Petroglyphs in Farmington, New Mexico: One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

Matmata Underground Houses

Discover Matmata Underground Houses in Matmatat-Al-Qadimal, Tunisia: Made famous by "Star Wars," these troglodyte homes face an uncertain future.

Gahirmatha Turtle Sanctuary

Discover Gahirmatha Turtle Sanctuary in RajendraNarayanpur, India: More than 2 million Olive Ridley sea turtles are hatched from this mass nesting ground every year.

Bridge to Nowhere

Discover Bridge to Nowhere in Dunbar, Scotland: At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.

Cuypers Library

Discover Cuypers Library in Amsterdam, Netherlands: This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

Stumbling Stones of Rome

Discover Stumbling Stones of Rome in Rome, Italy: Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

Lompoc Valley Drive-In

Discover Lompoc Valley Drive-In in Lompoc, California: With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.

Amiable Child Monument

Discover Amiable Child Monument in New York, New York: One of the only single-person private gravesites in New York City.

Rollins Pass Game Traps

Discover Rollins Pass Game Traps in Winter Park, Colorado: Paleoamericans built these ancient walls high in the Colorado Rockies as part of an extensive hunting system.

Scarecrow Video

Discover Scarecrow Video in Seattle, Washington: Browse through roughly 130,000 titles in the world's largest independent video rental store.

Old Kachcheri

Discover Old Kachcheri in Jaffna, Sri Lanka: These abandoned ruins in the middle of Jaffna have withstood centuries of tumultuous power struggles.

Bartolini Hall of Models

Discover Gipsoteca Bartolini in Florence, Italy: A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

Bazaar of Kashan

Discover Bazaar of Kashan in Kashan, Iran: A historic trade hub teeming with gorgeous architecture, colorful goods, and vibrant designs.

Oakland’s 1920s Cascade Stairway

Discover Cleveland Cascade in Oakland, California: A restored 1920s cascade stairway provides one of the best views of Oakland's Lake Merritt.

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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
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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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