Year: 2018

Goseck Circle

Discover Goseck Circle in Goseck, Germany: A Neolithic celestial calendar standing in a nondescript wheat field.

The Little Boat

Discover Het Bootje (The Little Boat) in Antwerp, Belgium: The patron of this extravagant Art Nouveau confection insisted that nothing less than a boat should project from its facade.

Tampa Theatre

Discover Tampa Theatre in Tampa, Florida: One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

Cuzamá Cenotes

Discover Cuzamá Cenotes in Mexico: Three sinkholes filled with warm, crystal-clear water reached by a horse-driven cart on an old train track through the jungle.

Queen Elizabeth’s Telephone Box

Discover Queen Elizabeth's Telephone Box in Garching bei München, Germany: This red London phone booth once stood in front of Buckingham Palace and was used by the queen.

Demerara Harbour Bridge

Discover Demerara Harbour Bridge in Georgetown, Guyana: The end appears to be nigh for the world's fourth-longest floating bridge.

Scottish Dark Sky Observatory

Discover Scottish Dark Sky Observatory in East Ayrshire, Scotland: This observatory within Europe's first dark sky park offers stunning views of the night sky.

Chesterfield Snail

Discover Chesterfield Snail in Chesterfield, England: This enormous spiral sculpture looks strangely out of place on the edge of a housing development.

Amsterdam Gable Stones

Discover Amsterdam Gable Stones in Amsterdam, Netherlands: In the days before house numbers, these colorful signs held clues about various buildings' purposes.

The Cerro de la Oliva Trenches

Discover The Cerro de la Oliva Trenches in Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Spain: Not far from Madrid, a set of perfectly preserved trenches date back to the Spanish Civil War.

Walberla

Discover Walberla in Wiesenthau, Germany: An ancient pagan site swirling with legends in the foothills of Franconian Switzerland.

The Birley Spa Bathhouse

Discover The Birley Spa Bathhouse in South Yorkshire, England: This old Victorian bathhouse is fed by an ancient spring.

Stará Bystrica Astronomical Clock

Discover Stará Bystrica Astronomical Clock in Stará Bystrica, Slovakia: The world's newest astronomical clock is also its most accurate.

Palace of Cortés

Discover Palace of Cortés in Cuernavaca, Mexico: The conquistador's former fortress is the oldest preserved colonial building in the Americas.

Old Diplomat Hotel

Discover Old Diplomat Hotel in Baguio, Philippines: This eerie abandoned building with a dark history is said to be one of the most haunted places in the Philippines.

Tavole dei Briganti

Discover Tavole dei Briganti in Pennapiedimonte, Italy: Inscriptions found in the Majella mountains reveal stories of resistance and rebellion after the unification of Italy.

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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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