Year: 2018

Kalalau Trail

Discover Kalalau Trail in Kapa'a, Hawaii: This narrow coastline trail through the dense Kauai wilderness is among the most beautiful and dangerous in the world.

Adalaj Stepwell

Discover Adalaj Ni Vav in Adalaj, India: A deeply beautiful 15th-century stepwell with a tragic story.

Nomadic Community Gardens

Discover Nomadic Community Gardens in London, England: This secret garden has bloomed into London's most unique hub of urban creativity.

Stardust Motel Sign

Discover Stardust Motel Sign in Marfa, Texas: This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

Korean Axe Murder Incident Memorial

Discover Korean Axe Murder Incident Memorial in Paju, South Korea: A monument to the two U.S. officers killed by North Korean troops while trying to trim a poplar tree.

Ottoman Bird Palaces

Discover Ottoman Bird Palaces in Istanbul, Turkey: The ornate miniature mansions were built for Istanbul's feathered residents.

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Discover Saint Pierre and Miquelon in Saint-Pierre, France: These colorful French islands spent a stint bootlegging booze during American Prohibition.

C.S. Lewis’s Grave

Discover C.S. Lewis's Grave in Oxford, England: The beloved fantasy novelist is buried near a church containing a whimsical etched glass window full of Narnia favorites.

Free Flight Exotic Bird Sanctuary

Discover Free Flight Exotic Bird Sanctuary in Del Mar, California: This unique sanctuary invites you to interact with the beautiful birds.

Engineers Tradition Stone

Discover Engineers Tradition Stone in Fairbanks, Alaska: A sarcastic monument threatens to curse any "idiot" who dares remove it.

Pathfinder and the MPTA-ET

Discover Pathfinder and the MPTA-ET in Huntsville, Alabama: It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

Wat Umong

Discover Wat Umong in Chiang Mai, Thailand: Buddha shrines hide within dark tunnels at this unique forest temple.

Cave of the Blanik Knights

Discover Cave of the Blanik Knights in Kunštát, Czechia: An army of sleeping knights sculpted by a self-taught local artist beautifully depict an old Czech legend.

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To represent a masterpiece of human creative genius. 260 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. 474 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. 499 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. 633 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. 135 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. 167 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). 252 vii
To contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance. 148 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. 96 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. 166

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