Year: 2018

Puppet Cabinet at Monteiro Lobato Library

Discover Puppet Cabinet at Monteiro Lobato Library in São Paulo, Brazil: Dozens of vintage puppets are displayed in an unassuming hallway at the public library.

The Bonaventure Hotel

Discover The Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles, California: The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

Ubehebe Crater

Discover Ubehebe Crater in Inyo County, California: A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

Wrong Way Cemetery

Discover Wrong Way Cemetery in Rayne, Louisiana: The above-ground crypts at this Catholic cemetery face north-south instead of the usual east-west.

Indian River Citrus Museum

Discover Indian River Citrus Museum in Vero Beach, Florida: This small museum concentrates on the juicy history of orange production in Florida.

Art-o-mat

Discover Art-o-mat in Las Vegas, Nevada: These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

‘Subtile’ Sculpture

Discover 'Subtile' Sculpture in West Sacramento, California: A mesmerizing disco ball-like sculpture along the Sacramento River Walk.

Kaiser Quarry Ruins

Discover Kaiser Quarry Ruins in Oakland, California: An abandoned car and strange wooden debris are among the scattered remains of the old sand and gravel quarry.

The Nervous System of ‘Harriet Cole’

Discover The Nervous System of 'Harriet Cole' in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.

Geelong Bollards

Discover Geelong Bollards in Geelong, Australia: More than 100 colorful residents stand post in this seaside Australian city.

The Well at Meligalas

Discover The Well at Meligalas in Messinia, Greece: A somber memorial at the site where hundreds of prisoners and civilians were executed in the aftermath of World War II.

Imsil Cheese Theme Park

Discover Imsil Cheese Theme Park in Imsil-gun, South Korea: A 32-acre fun park dedicated to all things cheese.

Skookumchuck Narrows

Discover Skookumchuck Narrows in Egmont, British Columbia: The water swaps direction twice a day, whipping into a frenzy of whirlpools and rapids.

Penitente Morada of Abiquiú

Discover Penitente Morada of Abiquiú in Abiquiu, New Mexico: The building stands within a quiet, postcard-perfect New Mexico village.

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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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