Year: 2019

Craigentinny Marbles

Discover Craigentinny Marbles in Edinburgh, Scotland: This enormous, elaborate tomb looks oddly out of place next to a suburban Edinburgh bowling club.

The Scout Stone

Discover The Scout Stone in Dorset, England: This commemorative stone was erected near the first Scout campsite.

World’s Largest Greek Flag

Discover World's Largest Greek Flag in Keri, Greece: Flying high over the small island of Zákynthos is a giant tribute to the mainland.

Azul Cemetery Entrance

Discover Azul Cemetery Entrance in Azul, Argentina: This colossal structure and its accompanying angel often play tricks on the eyes.

Gare Du Montzen

Discover Gare Du Montzen in Plombières, Belgium: Abandoned since 1998, this train station has become an oasis for urban explorers.

Church Sagrado Coração

Discover Church Sagrado Coração in Lisbon, Portugal: Tucked away inside this concrete building is a church and its grand display of brutalist architecture.

Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment

Discover Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment in Huntsville, Alabama: Once a bustling cotton factory, this early 20th-century building is now home to a thriving artspace.

The Bingham-Waggoner Estate

Discover The Bingham-Waggoner Estate in Independence, Missouri: This mansion was made famous by its colorful cast of owners and location along the Sante Fe Trail.

The Manningtree Ox

Discover The Manningtree Ox in Essex, England: This sculpture pays homage to Shakespeare and his reference to a Manningtree tradition.

Sampson-Clark Toll House

Discover Sampson-Clark Toll House in Export, Pennsylvania: This restored log building was one of the first toll booths for travelers along the Northern Turnpike.

Cemitério da Consolação

Discover Cemitério da Consolação in São Paulo, Brazil: This necropolis is home to eclectic funerary art and is the final resting place for much of the city's nobility.

South Iceland’s Bra Fence

Discover South Iceland's Bra Fence in Reykjavík, Iceland: Along this wire fence, travelers have been leaving a particular memento since 2012.

New Bedford Fire Museum

Discover New Bedford Fire Museum in New Bedford, Massachusetts: This museum dedicated to local history is housed in the state's oldest surviving fire station.

Hambach Surface Mine

Discover Hambach Surface Mine in Elsdorf, Germany: This mine is home to the largest man-made hole in Europe.

Woodside

Discover Woodside in Troy, New York: A man used his Civil War-era fortune to build this sanctuary in memory of his wife.

‘América Tropical’

Discover 'América Tropical' in Los Angeles, California: One of Los Angeles's first murals once vibrantly depicted the dangers of United States imperialism.

Robert Y Museum

Discover Robert Y Museum in Su'ao Township, Taiwan: This former factory turned private museum contains surreal and creepy artwork created by Robert Y.

The Wind Turbine Beach

Discover The Wind Turbine Beach in Hvide Sande, Denmark: Along this stretch of beach in Denmark resides several massive bastions of energy.

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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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