Year: 2019

Violet Volcanic Tea

Discover Violet Volcanic Tea in Furnas, Portugal: When Azorean green tea meets volcanic hot springs water, a luminous brew is born.

The Luck of Edenhall

Discover The Luck of Edenhall in England: At over 600 years old, this enchanting glass has a long history, and its name, the Luck of Edenhall, reflects just how enchanted it just might be.

Seaweed Pie

Discover Seaweed Pie in O'Leary, Prince Edward Island: Made from local Irish moss, this pie is served only in Prince Edward Island's potato museum.

The Awakening II

Discover The Awakening II in Chesterfield, Missouri: A sculpture of a giant man escaping from the depths of the Earth.

Wood County Museum

Discover Wood County Museum in Bowling Green, Ohio: Evidence from a brutal 1880s murder is on display at this former infirmary house.

Mother Vine Scuppernong Wine

Discover Mother Vine Scuppernong Wine in Rose Hill, North Carolina: This sweet Southern elixir comes from what may be the oldest grape vine in North America.

Endicott Rock

Discover Endicott Rock in Laconia, New Hampshire: Believed by many to be the oldest surviving public monument in the United States.

Tomb of Balban

Discover Tomb of Balban in New Delhi, India: An unassuming tomb houses an important milestone in Indian architectural history.

Yemas de San Leandro

Hidden behind a wall, Spanish nuns dole out their signature sweets on a revolving tray.

Hot Springs Beer

Discover Hot Springs Beer in Hot Springs, Arkansas: This Arkansas town is known for its gangster history, its healing waters, and now its brews.

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To represent a masterpiece of human creative genius. 260 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. 474 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. 499 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. 633 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. 135 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. 167 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). 252 vii
To contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance. 148 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. 96 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. 166

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