Year: 2020

Sarmizegetusa Regia

Discover Sarmizegetusa Regia in Costești, Romania: Once the legendary capital of the Dacian Kingdom, this city has been reduced to mere ruins.

Termitopia

Discover Termitopia in Las Marías, Puerto Rico: An artist’s underground sanctuary, 40 years in the making.

Polé (Xcaret Archaeological Site)

Discover Polé (Xcaret Archaeological Site) in Playa del Carmen, Mexico: One of Mexico's least-visited archaeological sites is tucked away inside a theme park.

Loktak Lake

Discover Loktak Lake in Manipur, India: The largest freshwater lake in northeast India is also the only floating national park in the world.

Lapidarium

Discover Lapidarium in Guča, Serbia: An open-air museum dedicated to tombstones and roadside stone monuments.

Aldwych Tube Station

Discover Aldwych Tube Station in London, England: This Underground station has been a popular filming location for decades, even before it closed.

Oswald’s Well

Discover Oswald's Well in Oswestry, England: When King Oswald was killed in battle, an eagle dropped his arm here creating a new spring.

Blast Furnace No. 2

Discover Blast Furnace No. 2 in Sagunt, Spain: The last of three massive blast furnaces that were once at the foundation of the Port of Sagunto economy.

Palazzo di Bonifacio VIII

Discover Palazzo di Bonifacio VIII in Anagni, Italy: This former papal residence was the site of an infamous incident known as the “slap of Anagni.”.

Yorkshire Air Museum

Discover Yorkshire Air Museum in York, England: This aircraft museum is home to one of just three Halifax bombers in the world.

Chatham Passage

Discover Chatham Passage in Indianapolis, Indiana: This multisensory alley has the ability to remind bustling citygoers to stop and smell the roses.

Sardis

Discover Sardis in Salihli, Turkey: These ruins once made up the capital of Lydia, which minted the oldest coins in the world.

Swansea Devil

Discover Swansea Devil in Swansea, Wales: A turn of the century prophecy comes true when a mischievous wooden Devil, watches the neighboring church burn to the ground.

Old Lifeboat House

Discover Old Lifeboat House in Lytham, England: This former lifeboat house now used by a funeral service was the site of a 19th-century boating tragedy.

Kennedy Biscuit Lofts

Discover Kennedy Biscuit Lofts in Cambridge, Massachusetts: Whimsical cookie-themed plaques mark the birthplace of the Fig Newton.

Intel Museum

Discover Intel Museum in Santa Clara, California: The headquarters of the semiconductor giant has a 10,000-square-foot museum.

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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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