Year: 2018

Princess Donají Tomb

Discover Princess Donají Tomb in Cuilapam de Guerrero, Mexico: This abandoned convent keeps the tomb of a legendary beheaded princess.

Palmenhaus

Dine amidst exotic plants at this former royal greenhouse.

Dolmen de Dalí

Discover Dolmen de Dalí in Madrid, Spain: The only urban monument in the world designed by the great surrealist painter Salvador Dalí.

Gosse Bluff

Discover Gosse Bluff in Namatjira, Australia: A spectacular impact crater in the rugged heart of Central Australia.

Mary Anning’s Plesiosaur

Discover Mary Anning's Plesiosaur in London, England: This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

Rat Rock in Morningside Heights

Discover Rat Rock in Morningside Heights in New York, New York: This giant boulder is sandwiched between apartment complexes in upper Manhattan.

House Bouchoute

Discover House Bouchoute in Bruges, Belgium: The compass on its front was a handy tool for 17th-century merchants who needed to know the direction of the wind.

Inverted Boat Houses

Discover Inverted Boat Houses in Équihen-Plage, France: These rustic holiday homes are made from discarded fishing boat hulls.

Sumapaz Páramo

Discover Sumapaz Páramo in Cabrera, Colombia: The world's largest ecosystem of its kind is home to South America's only native species of bear.

La Foia de Castalla

Discover La Foia de Castalla in Castalla, Spain: This site is both a remarkable reminder of the town's mining history and a fantastic government blooper.

Atlanta Glass Treehouse

Discover Atlanta Glass Treehouse in Atlanta, Georgia: Suspended above the ground in a thicket of towering Georgia trees is a modern architectural wonder.

Yeak Laom

Discover Yeak Laom in Krong Ban Lung, Cambodia: Arguing within this idyllic, circular volcanic lake is forbidden.

The Venus of Brassempouy

Discover The Venus of Brassempouy in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France: This prehistoric figurine is the oldest known realistic depiction of a human face.

Peace Bridge

Discover Peace Bridge in Calgary, Alberta: With its webbed walls and bright red coloring, Calgary's iconic bridge looks like a finger trap puzzle stretched across the river.

Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum

Discover Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum in Nantucket, Massachusetts: A museum dedicated to Nantucket's legacy as the "graveyard of the Atlantic.".

Ambalabongo Canyon

Discover Ambalabongo Canyon in Marovoay, Madagascar: The runoff from these fiery cliffs sends red water flowing into the sea.

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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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