Year: 2020

Brest Railway museum

Discover Brest Railway museum in Brest, Belarus: Dozens of Soviet-era trains and carriages fill this outdoor museum.

Takikawa Sky Park

Discover Takikawa Sky Park in Takikawa, Japan: Pilots from around the world come to this park to fly gliders.

Itanoní

Discover Itanoní in Oaxaca, Mexico: In a quiet residential neighborhood, one restaurant fights to preserve heirloom corn, one tortilla at a time.

Old City Wall of Berlin

Discover Old City Wall of Berlin in Berlin, Germany: The last remnants of a massive medieval wall that once encompassed the city of Berlin.

Sö 90 Runestone

Discover Sö 90 Runestone in Eskilstuna, Sweden: This runestone once destroyed by an explosion has been painstakingly reassembled to save its history.

Grave of Gracie Watson

Discover Grave of Gracie Watson in Savannah, Georgia: More than a century after her death, Little Gracie Watson remains one of Savannah's most often-visited residents.

Bombardment Garden

Discover Bombardment Garden in Whitby, England: The recreated ruins of a house designed to memorialize a World War I shelling on the town.

Merlion

Discover Merlion in Singapore: This statue once earned the distinction as one of the "Three Major Disappointments of the World.".

Artpark Tegel

Discover Artpark Tegel in Berlin, Germany: This concrete residential area doubles as an open-air gallery.

Mörksugga Statue

Discover Mörksugga Statue in Avesta, Sweden: A cuddly version of a dark mythological creature now acts as the mascot of a town.

Labyrinten vid Tibble (The Tibble Labyrinth)

Discover Labyrinten vid Tibble (The Tibble Labyrinth) in Hökåsen-Badelunda, Sweden: This 2,000-year-old stone maze is one of the oldest in the country, but its purpose is still a mystery.

Andělská Hora Castle

Discover Andělská Hora Castle in Andělská Hora, Czechia: This ruined castle perched atop a rocky peak is a great place for a hike.

Asemapäällikönhovi Building

Discover Asemapäällikönhovi Building in Helsinki, Finland: This building featuring Brutalist architecture has a rich media production history.

Bloch Cancer Survivors’ Plaza

Discover Bloch Cancer Survivors' Plaza in Columbus, Ohio: This small plaza encourages people diagnosed with cancer to never give up hope.

Tokyo’s Battleship Building

Discover Gunkan Higashi Shinjuku in Tokyo, Japan: This battleship of a building was designed by a famed "mad architect.".

Ganatantra Smarak

Discover Ganatantra Smarak in Kathmandu, Nepal: Adjacent to Narayanhiti Palace, this park commemorates those who fought in Nepal's civil war.

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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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