Year: 2018

Mammoth Cave Wildlife Museum

Discover Mammoth Cave Wildlife Museum in Cave City, Kentucky: Amazing taxidermy dioramas from the 1960s in a cement building meant to look like an ice cave.

Wat Phai Rong Wua

Discover Wat Phai Rong Wua in Tambon Bang Ta Then, Thailand: Parts of this sprawling temple complex are deteriorating, but its founder’s body remains intact.

Wreckage of the S.S. Garden City

Discover Wreckage of the S.S. Garden City in Crockett, California: The remains of a deserted steamboat sit rusting beside an old ferry pier and an abandoned train platform.

Ragnhildsholmen Castle Ruin

Discover Ragnhildsholmen Castle Ruin in Gothenburg, Sweden: This castle ruin in the middle of nowhere is a gem for wildlife enthusiasts.

La Puerta Falsa

Discover La Puerta Falsa in Bogotá, Colombia: This tiny shop has been serving traditional tamales for more than 200 years.

Damen Silos

Discover Damen Silos in Chicago, Illinois: These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

The Arm of St. Thomas Aquinas

Discover The Arm of St. Thomas Aquinas in Naples, Italy: The remains of the left arm of the levitating philosopher-saint are kept in a 13th-century Neapolitan basilica.

Lithuanian Ethnocosmology Museum

Discover Lithuanian Ethnocosmology Museum in Kulionys, Lithuania: The first museum dedicated to exploring humanity's cultural relationship with the celestial world.

Worden’s Ledges

Discover Worden's Ledges in Hinckley, Ohio: Faces carved into the cliffs create an otherworldly walking trail.

Anaesthesia Heritage Centre

Discover Anaesthesia Heritage Centre in London, England: This knockout museum lies in a sleepy corner of London.

Aztec Serpent Head Cornerstone

Discover Aztec Serpent Head Cornerstone in Mexico City, Mexico: On a cornerstone of the City Museum is the head of a monstrous serpent stolen from an Aztec pyramid 400 years ago.

D.W. Correll Museum

Discover D.W. Correll Museum in Catoosa, Oklahoma: It reportedly took three years to sort through all the objects in this eclectic lifelong collection.

Leo Petroglyph

Discover Leo Petroglyph in Ray, Ohio: A slab of sandstone covered with mysterious 1,000-year-old rock carvings from a vanished North American culture.

Plaza de Toros de Acho

Discover Plaza de Toros de Acho in Cercado de Lima, Peru: This bullring in Lima is the oldest in the Americas and the second-oldest in the world.

The Irkutsk Babr

Discover The Irkutsk Babr in Irkutsk, Russia: Thanks to a spelling mistake this bizarre beaver-tiger hybrid became the symbol of a Siberian town.

Daredevil Tattoo Museum

Discover Daredevil Tattoo Museum in New York, New York: This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

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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
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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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