Year: 2021

Seneca Schoolhouse

Discover Seneca Schoolhouse in Poolesville, Maryland: The oldest surviving one-room schoolhouse in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Grave of Johnny Appleseed

Discover Grave of Johnny Appleseed in Fort Wayne, Indiana: This grave marks the final resting place of pioneer John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed.

Kinstone

Discover Kinstone in Fountain City, Wisconsin: Hidden in magnificent rolling countryside, see what may be the largest modern stone circle in the world at Wisconsin's very own "Stonehenge”.

Palmatis Ruins

Discover Palmatis Ruins in Onogur, Bulgaria: On the outskirts of the small village, an abandoned grassy field glitters thanks to the white stones of an ancient structure.

Burg Lahneck

Discover Burg Lahneck in Lahnstein, Germany: Centuries of warfare, tragedy, executions, and poetry come together in this 13th-century fortress.

‘Comic Fountain’

Discover 'Comic Fountain' in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany: An abstract and eyecatching clock/fountain is the centerpiece of this little-known German city.

Old Crow Wing

Discover Old Crow Wing in Brainerd, Minnesota: This once prosperous community was home to European settlers and the Ojibwe.

Ntaba ka Ndoda

Discover Ntaba ka Ndoda in Lower Rabula Emmangweni, South Africa: A monument with a complex history dedicated to one of South Africa's greatest heroes.

Samkönade Trafikljusen

Discover Samkönade Trafikljusen in Stockholm, Sweden: A temporary art piece to celebrate LGBTQ Pride is now a permanent part of Stockholm's traffic landscape.

Seized Endangered Species Exhibit

Discover Seized Endangered Species Exhibit in Brisbane, Australia: An exhibit of endangered species confiscated from smugglers and passengers.

Vintage Market of Pugliano

Discover Vintage Market of Pugliano in Ercolano, Italy: For decades, vendors have sold clothes once worn by American soldiers who stormed Italy in the 1940s.

Japon Louvre Sculpture Museum

Discover Japon Louvre Sculpture Museum in Tsu, Japan: A lesser-known sister to Paris's world-famous museum, located within a Buddhist sculpture paradise.

The Shetland Bus Memorial

Discover The Shetland Bus Memorial in Scalloway, Scotland: This memorial celebrates the legacy of the British-Norwegian resistance movement during World War II.

Mary Rowlandson’s Monument

Discover Mary Rowlandson's Monument in Lancaster, Massachusetts: Mary Rowlandson's kidnapping ordeal became one of the nation's first best-selling books.

Bunker-703

Discover Bunker-703 in Moscow, Russia: A former special storage facility for documents during the Cold War.

‘Twins’

Discover 'Twins' in Brighton, England: These shopping center benches are actually a modern art installation.

Murals of Dozza

Discover Murals of Dozza in Dozza, Italy: Since the 1960s, this small village has invited painters to decorate its walls.

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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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