Year: 2018

Jules Rimet Trophy Replica

Discover Jules Rimet Trophy Replica in Manchester, England: The fake World Cup prize was secretly created after the first one was stolen in 1966.

Sunland Park Dinosaur Tracks

Discover Sunland Park Dinosaur Tracks in El Paso, Texas: Search for traces of the dinosaurs that roamed here more than 90 million years ago.

Arizona Copper Art Museum

Discover Arizona Copper Art Museum in Clarkdale, Arizona: The state's only comprehensive museum dedicated to the mineral that defined its history and economy.

England’s Smallest Window

Discover England's Smallest Window in Hull, England: What looks like missing grout is actually an old pub's peephole.

The Pirates’ House

Discover The Pirates' House in Savannah, Georgia: This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island.".

Bruno the Bear

Discover Bruno the Bear in Munich, Germany: The taxidermy remains of the first brown bear to enter Germany in 170 years.

Friend Ghost Town

Discover Friend Ghost Town in Dufur, Oregon: The short-lived railroad town in central Oregon has been abandoned since the 1930s.

Gwalia Ghost Town

Discover Gwalia Ghost Town in Leonora, Australia: This once-booming gold mining hub was basically abandoned overnight.

London’s KGB Lamp Post

Discover Audley Square Spy Lamp Post in London, England: This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.

Brattle Book Shop

Discover Brattle Book Shop in Boston, Massachusetts: One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

Santos Museum of Economic Botany

Discover Santos Museum of Economic Botany in Adelaide, Australia: A wealth of plants and horticultural curiosities fill this charmingly antique museum.

Creede Underground Firehouse

Discover Creede Underground Firehouse in Creede, Colorado: The only firehouse built entirely into the side of a mountain.

Caludon Castle Ruins

Discover Caludon Castle Ruins in Coventry, England: This ruin in a suburban park may be the place where Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was first performed.

Bernardo Waterfowl Area

Discover Bernardo Waterfowl Area in Bosque, New Mexico: The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.

Paul Revere Lantern

Discover Paul Revere Lantern in Concord, Massachusetts: One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.

Santa Maria dello Spasimo

Discover Santa Maria dello Spasimo in Palermo, Italy: This skeletal, unfinished Gothic church once housed a miraculous masterpiece by Raphael.

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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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