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Why?
If you enjoy spending your holidays in a club hotel in the Caribbean drinking Mai Tais, that's fine. It's your holiday and do as you please. And I personally enjoy the occasional Mai Tai on the beach, too. For me, though, spending more than a few days in the aforementioned Caribbean club hotel would be akin to purgatory. Because I like moving around, seeing new things and going to distant places.
As such I have read my fair share of guide books to figure out where to go and what to see. For instance, a few years back I visited Chile. A great place with astonishing nature to explore. Meanwhile Santiago de Chile, the capital, is fairly lackluster, having been destroyed by multiple earthquakes over the centuries. Still, any guidebook you pick up will spend a full chapter on Santiago extolling its virtues.
World Heritage Sites are different. They are as objective as it gets. They make you travel off the beaten path. I will always fondly remember my cab ride in a Czech winter landscape to Holasovice. And while Holasovice is just for the WHS connoisseurs, more often than not WHS are great sites.
Initially, I focused on quantity. And while this may seem stressful, it did give me a good picture and overview. Of late (ever since reaching the magical 300) I collect differently. Now I plan my trips on the truly great sites and pick up any site to the left and right I can visit on top.
So, should you become a WHS traveler, too? My honest recommendation is to do as you please. But if you are going to country anyhow (and be it in a club hotel), then use the map provided on this site and check out if any world heritage site is nearby. It may force to travel a bit off the beaten path, but trust me, it will be worth it.
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Masada
Nan Germany - 19-Dec-22

As a kid, I loved to read P.M., a German popular science magazine. You would get stories about stealth bombers, ghosts, space lifts, and occasionally history. It was here that I first read the Masada legend.
In 60 CE, Jewish freedom fights (i.e., rebels) had revolted against the Roman occupiers and had valiantly fought for the liberty of their homeland
Read OnHebron/Al-Khalil Old Town
Nan Germany - 09-Dec-22

"What's your religion?" I stood at the entry to the Muslim side of the Cave of the Patriachs/Ibrahimi Mosque and an IDF soldier was asking. I answered: "None, I am an atheist." He was befuddled and repeated the question: "Sorry, but what is your religion?" Again, I truthfully answered "None." At this point, he concluded that asking me for my religion wasn't going anywhere. "Okay, what's the religion of your parents?" Honest answer would have been "None" again. Understanding that he needed an answer, I asserted that they were Christians, culturally. This made him happy, and he allowed me to enter to the site.
Read OnComplex of Sheikh Mukhtar-Vali (mausoleum) (T)
Nan Germany - 16-Nov-22

As a short excursion von Khiva, I visited the Complex of Sheikh Mukhtar-Vali. It's a bit to the East, less than 30min drive, most of it being spent on getting out of Khiva. The mausoleum is situated on a scenic cemetery. It is dedicated to yet another sheikh, the founder of the local town, Ostana.
The mosque is nice and quiet. While I visited a local couple came to pray in the mausoleum.
OUV
While it sure is a nice visit, there really isn't anything outstanding about the site that warrants an individual inscription. At most, seeing the proximity to Itchan Qala I could see it as an extension.
Read OnSamarkand
Nan Germany - 15-Nov-22

Looking at the places on my "to visit" list, Samarkand is the one that made the list first and stayed there the longest. My late aunt sometime in the 80s (or 90s?), had been to Uzbekistan and told me some mythical stories about her visit to Samarkand. I can't remember many details, but I think she was a bit challenged regarding customs and hygiene. In any case, I got Fernweh for the place: Wanting to go to Samarkand has stayed with me ever since.
I had planned to visit in 2020 but then Covid hit. Now, in 2022, I felt was the time to follow up.
Read OnDesert Castles of Ancient Khorezm (T)
Nan Germany - 15-Nov-22

What a difference a different location makes ... Coming from Nukus by shared cab, I had exited my cab at Beruni to visit Pil Qala. It was a 15min walk from the junction to the ruins and I figured I could always get a ride to Urgench and Khiva (I managed).
Pil Qala was fairly underwhelming. It's pretty small, surrounded by a town and itself heavily reconstructed. Admittedly, the castle being made of clay means it has to be reconstructed regularly. But still: This felt underserving of being on the list. Too little.
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- Name
- Nan
- Country
- Germany
- Most Impressive
- Petra, Machu Picchu, Angkor
- Proposal
- Seoraksan, Korea. Okefenokee, USA.
Recently Visited WHS
- Update 04.12.22
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- Old City of Jerusalem
- Masada
- Old City of Acre
- White City of Tel-Aviv
- Biblical Tells
- Incense Route of the Negev
- Bahá’i Holy Places
- Bethlehem
- Mount Carmel Caves
- Battir
- Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvrin
- Necropolis of Bet She'arim
- Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town
Visited WHS
Rating StatsAngkor 5Florence 5Palenque 5Petra 5Rapa Nui 5Rome 5Acropolis 4.5Chichen-Itza 4.5Cordoba 4.5Dubrovnik 4.5Fatehpur Sikri 4.5Granada 4.5Grand Canyon 4.5Great Wall 4.5Göreme NP 4.5Loire Valley 4.5Meteora 4.5Nubian Monuments 4.5Ping Yao 4.5Pompei 4.5Prague 4.5Ravenna 4.5Samarkand 4.5Sceilg Mhichíl 4.5St. Petersburg 4.5Te Wahipounamu 4.5Versailles 4.5Vienna 4.5Brugge 4Budapest 4Dengfeng 4Ephesus 4Iguacu 4Istanbul 4Kotor 4Olympia 4Riga 4Siena 4Sintra 4Surtsey 4Trang An 4Valletta 4Vicenza 4Altamira Cave 3.5Assisi 3.5Bethlehem 3.5Bordeaux 3.5Bryggen 3.5Brú na Bóinne 3.5Calakmul 3.5Cesky Krumlov 3.5Champagne 3.5Cracow 3.5Cuenca 3.5Danube Delta 3.5Edinburgh 3.5Fagus Factory 3.5Fujisan 3.5Gyeongju 3.5Göbekli Tepe 3.5Huangshan 3.5L'viv 3.5Lake District 3.5Las Medulas 3.5Malbork Castle 3.5Masada 3.5Matera 3.5Mystras 3.5Old City of Acre 3.5Pergamon 3.5Reims 3.5Rhodes 3.5Sambor Prei Kuk 3.5Schönbrunn 3.5Syracuse 3.5Tallinn 3.5Visby 3.5Westminster 3.5Xidi and Hongcun 3.5Çatalhöyük 3.5Albi 3Aquileia 3Arequipa 3Arles 3Avignon 3Avila 3Bamberg 3Belem 3Bukhara 3Cuzco 3Genoa 3Hoi An 3Hué 3Kyiv 3Lyon 3Macao 3Mostar 3Nikko 3Oporto 3Potosi 3Potsdam 3Røros 3Segovia 3Seville 3Split 3Sucre 3Trebic 3Urbino 3Uxmal 3Vegaøyan 3Vilnius 3Warsaw 3Abbey of St Gall 2.5Banska Stiavnica 2.5Bardejov Town 2.5Bauhaus Sites 2.5Belfries 2.5Biblical Tells 2.5Blenheim Palace 2.5Boyana Church 2.5Burgos Cathedral 2.5Burgundy 2.5Butrint 2.5Caceres 2.5Camino Real 2.5Corfu 2.5Elvas 2.5Evora 2.5Fray Bentos 2.5Gammelstad 2.5Genbaku Dome 2.5Graz 2.5Ironbridge Gorge 2.5Le Havre 2.5Lübeck 2.5Muskauer Park 2.5Nancy 2.5Naples 2.5Nesvizh 2.5New Lanark 2.5Orange 2.5Panamá 2.5Provins 2.5Puebla 2.5Qutb Minar 2.5Red Fort 2.5Rhaetian Railway 2.5Rila Monastery 2.5Rock Art of Alta 2.5Roșia Montană 2.5Saltaire 2.5San Gimignano 2.5Sarazm 2.5Sian Ka'an 2.5Sighisoara 2.5Skogskyrkogarden 2.5Speyer Cathedral 2.5Tarraco 2.5Telc 2.5The Four Lifts 2.5Thessalonika 2.5Tiwanaku 2.5Toledo 2.5Trier 2.5Trogir 2.5Troy 2.5Val d'Orcia 2.5Val di Noto 2.5Van Nellefabriek 2.5Vat Phou 2.5Vizcaya Bridge 2.5Vlkolinec 2.5Western Ghats 2.5Ferrara 2Jelling 2Kernavė 2Lima 2Modena 2Morelia 2Mérida 2Nessebar 2Nice 2Novgorod 2Pienza 2Salzburg 2Stećci 2Verona 2Zamosc 2Aranjuez 1.5Beemster Polder 1.5Campeche 1.5Classical Weimar 1.5Crespi d'Adda 1.5Drottningholm 1.5Holasovice 1.5Ivrea 1.5Luther Memorials 1.5Madara Rider 1.5Medina Azahara 1.5Mount Etna 1.5Querétaro 1.5Regensburg 1.5Reichenau 1.5Shakhrisyabz 1.5Thingvellir 1.5Torun 1.5Xanthos-Letoon 1.5Battir 1Corvey 1Hortobágy 0.5Tlacotalpan 0.5Reviewed WHS
- Masada
- Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town
- Pergamon
- Samarkand
- Itchan Kala
- Medieval Monuments in Kosovo
- Surtsey
- Wadden Sea
- Wadi Al-Hitan
- Studenica Monastery
- Nubian Monuments
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands
- Genoa
- Aphrodisias
- L'viv
- Diyarbakir Fortress and Hevsel Gardens
- Çatalhöyük
- Monastery of Horezu
- Arslantepe Mound
- Asturian Monuments
- Las Medulas
- Villages with Fortified Churches
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines
- Krzemionki prehistoric striped flint mining region
- Residence of Bukovinian & Dalmatian Metropolitans
- ShUM Sites
- Wooden Churches of Maramures
- Hortobágy
- Tokaji Wine Region
- Kladruby nad Labem
- Roșia Montană
- Great Spa Towns of Europe
- Prague
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
- Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo
- Keoladeo National Park
- Urnes Stave Church
- Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine
- Primeval Beech Forests
- Crespi d'Adda
- Nessebar
- Paris, Banks of the Seine
- Isole Eolie
- Yaroslavl
- Olympia
- Archaeological Site of Delphi
- Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios
- Epidaurus
- Acropolis
- Mycenae and Tiryns
- Mystras
- Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
- Rjukan / Notodden
- L'viv
- Rock Art of Alta
- Vegaøyan
- Røros
- Australian Convict Sites
- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
- Sydney Opera House
- Greater Blue Mountains
- Singapore Botanic Gardens
- Tongariro National Park
- Te Wahipounamu
- Ping Yao
- West Lake
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou
- Huangshan
- Xidi and Hongcun
- Dengfeng
- Longmen Grottoes
- Liangzhu Archaeological Site
- Le Havre
- Loire Valley
- Mont-Saint-Michel
- Fujisan
- Western Ghats
- Mount Etna
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
- Neolithic Orkney
- St. Kilda
- Megalithic Temples of Malta
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum
- Jantar Mantar
- Antequera Dolmens Site
- Val di Noto
- Old Rauma
- Sammallahdenmäki
- Petäjävesi Old Church
- Verla Groundwood and Board Mill
- Villa Romana del Casale
- Corfu
- Berat and Gjirokastra
- Butrint
- High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago
- Gammelstad
- Laponian Area
- Arab-Norman Palermo
- Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
- Popocatepetl monasteries
- Kii Mountain Range
- Zamosc
- Reims
- Champagne
- Burgundy
- Jaipur City, Rajasthan
- Palenque
- Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture
- The Prosecco Hills
- Angkor
- Tomioka Silk Mill
- Curonian Spit
- Nesvizh
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan
- Potosi
- Preah Vihear Temple
- Sambor Prei Kuk
- Vat Phou
- Luang Prabang
- Plain of Jars
- La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle
- Thang Long
- Dolomites
- Kaiping Diaolou
- South China Karst
- Water Management System of Augsburg
- China Danxia
- Danube Delta
- Macao
- Ljubljana
- Plitvice Lakes
- Hiraizumi
- Srebarna Nature Reserve
- Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis
- Aachen Cathedral
- Benedictine Convent of St. John
- Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces
- Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona
- Rhaetian Railway
- Hedeby and Danevirke
- Engelsberg Ironworks
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
- Istanbul
- Selimiye Mosque
- Bursa and Cumalikizik
- Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont
- Ivrea
- San Gimignano
- Longobards in Italy
- Val d'Orcia
- Siena
- Etruscan Necropolises
- Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos
- El Fuerte de Samaipata
- Mir Castle
- Tiwanaku
- Qhapaq Ñan
- Sucre
- Machu Picchu
- Cuzco
- Nasca Lines
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
- Bellinzone
- Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes
- Old City of Berne
- Gwynedd Castles
- Sceilg Mhichíl
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal
- Ironbridge Gorge
- Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin
- Belfries
- Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine
- Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Bialowieza Forest
- Malbork Castle
- Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District
- Boyana Church
- Thessalonika
- Rila Monastery
- Pirin National Park
- Archaeological site of Philippi
- Meteora
- Mount Athos
- Archaeological Site of Aigai
- Peking Man Site
- Rock Carvings in Tanum
- Grimeton Radio Station
- Jesuit Missions of Trinidad and Jesus
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
- Fray Bentos
- Peninsula Valdes
- Los Alerces National Park
- Cueva de las Manos
- Los Glaciares
- Churches of Chiloé
- Valparaiso
- Rapa Nui
- White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal
- Mafra Palace, Convent and Royal Hunting Park
- Fagus Factory
- Par force hunting landscape
- Holasovice
- Xochicalco
- Tlacotalpan
- Caves of Yagul and Mitla
- Taj Mahal
- Medina of Tétouan
- Gorham's Cave Complex
- Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt
- Caves and Ice Age Art
Visited TWHS
- Abbey of Kremsmünster (T)
- Abydos, city of pilgrimage of the Pharaohs (T)
- Alanya (T)
- Amalienborg and its district (T)
- Anatolian Seljuks Madrasahs (T)
- Ancient City of Kaunos (T)
- Ancient Greek Theatres (T)
- Ancient Jericho/ Tell es-Sultan (T)
- Ancient Lavrion (T)
- Archaeological Site and Historic Centre of Panamá City (T)
- Archaeological site of Ancient Messene (T)
- Archaeological site of Laodikeia (T)
- Archipelago of la Maddalena and Islands of Bocche di Bonifacio (T)
- Asuka-Fujiwara : Archaeological sites of Japan's Ancient Capitals and Related Properties (T)
- Auckland Volcanic Fields (T)
- Ayvalık Industrial Landscape (T)
- Bahoutdin Architectural Complex (T)
- Balaton Uplands Cultural Landscape (T)
- Bet She'an (T)
- Brooklyn Bridge (T)
- Buenos Aires – La Plata: Two capitals of the Culture of Modernity, Eclecticism and Immigration (T)
- Bulwarked Fortifications (T)
- Caesarea (T)
- Cal Orck'o: Footprints of time (T)
- Central Park (T)
- Ceský ráj (Czech Paradise) Rock Cities (T)
- Chapultepec Woods, Hill and Castle (T)
- Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum (T)
- Chatham Dockyard and its Defences (T)
- Chinese Section of the Silk Road (T)
- Citadel of Alessandria (T)
- City Walls of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (T)
- Coastal Cliffs (T)
- Cold winter deserts of Turan (Uzbekistan) (T)
- Complex of Sheikh Mukhtar-Vali (mausoleum) (T)
- Cueva de las Manos and associated sites of the Pinturas river basin (T)
- Cultural Landscape of Canyon in Kamenets-Podilsk (T)
- Darwin's Landscape Laboratory (T)
- Degania & Nahalal (T)
- Delhi - A Heritage City (T)
- Desert Castles of Ancient Khorezm (T)
- Diocletian's Palace and the Historical Nucleus of Split (extension) (T)
- Dreams in Stone - the palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria: Neuschwanstein, Linderhof and Herrenchiemsee (T)
- Early Medieval Monastic Sites (T)
- Early Synagogues in the Galilee (T)
- Egyptian Museum in Cairo (T)
- Ein Karem, a village and its cultural landscape (T)
- Eise Eisinga Planetarium (T)
- Ellis Island (T)
- Flow Country (T)
- Francke Foundation Buildings (T)
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire - Dacia (T)
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire - The Danube Limes in Bulgaria (T)
- Gdansk - Town of Memory and Freedom (T)
- Harran and Sanliurfa (T)
- Hikone-Jo (castle) (T)
- Hisham's Palace/ Khirbet al- Mafjar (T)
- Historical Lisbon, Global City (T)
- Jerusalem (T)
- Kaunas 1919-1939: The Capital Inspired by the Modern Movement (T)
- Knights Fortifications around the Harbours of Malta (T)
- Koh Ker: Archeological site of Ancient Lingapura Or Chok Gargyar (T)
- Konya-A capital of Seljuk Civilization (T)
- Kyiv: Saint Sophia Cathedral with Related Monastic Buildings, St. Cyril's and St. Andrew's Churches, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra (T)
- L'ensemble monumental de Tirgu Jiu (T)
- L'ensemble rupestre de Basarabi (T)
- La Camargue (T)
- La Moneda Palace (T)
- Lake Maggiore and Lake D'Orta lakelands (T)
- Lake Titicaca (T)
- Late Antique and Medieval Churches and Monasteries of Midyat and Surrounding Area (Tur ʿAbdin) (T)
- Late Medieval Bastioned Fortifications in Greece (T)
- Le noyau historique de la ville d'Alba Julia (T)
- Le Palais de Justice de Bruxelles (T)
- Leuven/Louvain, batiments universitaires, l'héritage de six siècles au sein du centre historique (T)
- Maltese Catacomb Complexes (T)
- Mardin Cultural Landscape (T)
- Massif du Mont Blanc (T)
- Massif du Mont-Blanc (T)
- Mattanchery Palace, Ernakulam, Kerala (T)
- Mdina (Citta Vecchia) (T)
- Metz Royale et Impériale, enjeux de pouvoir, confrontations stylistiques et identité urbaine (T)
- Minaret in Vobkent (T)
- Monte Verde Archaeological Site (T)
- Mountain-top Hotel and Television Transmitter Ještěd (T)
- Mt. Soraksan Nature Reserve (T)
- Mývatn and Laxá (T)
- Nasca Aqueducts (T)
- Necropolises of Middle Egypt, from the Middle Empire to the Roman period (T)
- Noyau historique d'Antwerpen -Anvers- de l'Escaut aux anciens remparts de vers 1250 (T)
- Nuragic monuments of Sardinia (T)
- Nuruosmaniye Complex (T)
- Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge (T)
- Old Wastewater Treatment Plant in Prague-Bubeneč (T)
- Petrified Forest National Park (T)
- Pharaonic temples in Upper Egypt from the Ptolemaic and Roman periods (T)
- Pobiti Kamani Natural Monument (T)
- Pombaline Lisbon (T)
- Pulacayo, Industrial Heritage Site (T)
- QUMRAN: Caves and Monastery of the Dead Sea Scrolls (T)
- Raoudha nilometre in Cairo (T)
- Residence Ensemble Schwerin - Cultural Landscape of Romantic Historicism (T)
- Roman Ways. Itineraries of the Roman Empire (T)
- Rostov Kremlin (T)
- Rouen : ensemble urbain à pans de bois, cathédrale, église Saint-Ouen, église Saint Maclou (T)
- Rural Temples of Cusco (T)
- Sacred Titicaca Lake (T)
- Salento and the Barocco Leccese (T)
- San Francisco Church and Convent (T)
- Sea of Galilee & its Ancient Sites (T)
- Seljuk Caravanserais on the route from Denizli to Dogubeyazit (T)
- Seoul City Wall (T)
- Silk Roads Sites in Uzbekistan (T)
- Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor (T)
- Site of Southern Yue State (T)
- Sites funéraires et mémoriels de la Première Guerre mondiale (Front Ouest) (T)
- Sites funéraires et mémoriels de la Première Guerre mondiale (Front Ouest) (Belgium) (T)
- Sites mégalithiques de Carnac (T)
- Sites of Globalization (T)
- Southwest Coast (T)
- Sulcis Iglesiente (T)
- Sultan Bayezid II Complex: A Center of Medical Treatment (T)
- Temple of Hator built by Ramses III (T)
- Temples, Shrines and other structures of Ancient Kamakura (T)
- That Luang de Vientiane (T)
- The Augustow Canal (Kanal Augustowski) (T)
- The Burren (T)
- The Central Axis of Beijing (including Beihai) (T)
- The Chinese Section of the Silk Roads (T)
- The Colonial Transisthmian Route of Panamá (Ruta Colonial Transístmica de Panamá) (T)
- The concept of the lenticular historical town core of Kosice City (T)
- The Fortress of Terezín (T)
- The Galilee Journeys of Jesus & the Apostles (T)
- The Hadrianic city of Italica (T)
- The Historic City of Dublin (T)
- The Jewish Cemetery of Altona Königstrasse. Sephardic Sepulchral Culture of the 17th and 18th century between Europe and the Caribbean (T)
- The Karlstejn Castle (T)
- The late ancient tomb of Silistra (T)
- The Lijiang River Scenic Zone at Guilin (T)
- The Lofoten islands (T)
- The Monastic City of Clonmacnoise and its Cultural Landscape (T)
- The Olive Grove Landscapes of Andalusia (T)
- The Ribeira Sacra, Lugo and Orense (T)
- The Rise of Systematic Biology (T)
- The Roussensky Lom National Park (T)
- The Royal Sites of Ireland: Cashel, Dún Ailinne, Hill of Uisneach, Rathcroghan Complex, and Tara Complex (T)
- The Silver Route (T)
- The Tara National Park with the Drina River Canyon (T)
- The Turf House Tradition (T)
- Thingvellir National Park (T)
- Torres del Paine and Bernardo O'Higgins National Parks, Region of Magallanes (T)
- Trading Posts and Fortifications on Genoese Trade Routes from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea (T)
- Trakai Historical National Park (T)
- Victoria Lines Fortifications (T)
- VIKING MONUMENTS AND SITES / Thingvellir National Park (T)
- Waters and seabed of Fiordland (Te Moana O Atawhenua) (T)
- Western Stone Forts (T)
- Yıldız Palace Complex (T)
- Žatec – the Hops Town (T)
- Zerzevan Castle and Mithraeum (T)
- Zeynel Abidin Mosque Complex and Mor Yakup (Saint Jacob) Church (T)
Reviewed TWHS
- Complex of Sheikh Mukhtar-Vali (mausoleum) (T)
- Desert Castles of Ancient Khorezm (T)
- Cold winter deserts of Turan (Uzbekistan) (T)
- Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor (T)
- Necropolises of Middle Egypt, from the Middle Empire to the Roman period (T)
- Temple of Hator built by Ramses III (T)
- Cultural Landscape of Canyon in Kamenets-Podilsk (T)
- Harran and Sanliurfa (T)
- The Olive Grove Landscapes of Andalusia (T)
- Mardin Cultural Landscape (T)
- The Hadrianic city of Italica (T)
- Ayvalık Industrial Landscape (T)
- The Historical Port City of Izmir (T)
- The Ribeira Sacra, Lugo and Orense (T)
- Ancient City of Kaunos (T)
- Late Antique and Medieval Churches and Monasteries of Midyat and Surrounding Area (Tur ʿAbdin) (T)
- Zerzevan Castle and Mithraeum (T)
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire - Dacia (T)
- Old Wastewater Treatment Plant in Prague-Bubeneč (T)
- L'ensemble monumental de Tirgu Jiu (T)
- Mountain-top Hotel and Television Transmitter Ještěd (T)
- Žatec – the Hops Town (T)
- The Fortress of Terezín (T)
- Auckland Volcanic Fields (T)
- L'ensemble rupestre de Basarabi (T)
- The Chinese Section of the Silk Roads (T)
- Chinese Section of the Silk Road (T)
- Rural Temples of Cusco (T)
- City Walls of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (T)
- Nasca Aqueducts (T)
- Ancient Greek Theatres (T)
- Late Medieval Bastioned Fortifications in Greece (T)
- Archaeological site of Ancient Messene (T)
- Ancient Lavrion (T)
- The Lofoten islands (T)
- Rouen : ensemble urbain à pans de bois, cathédrale, église Saint-Ouen, église Saint Maclou (T)
- Sites mégalithiques de Carnac (T)
- Mt. Soraksan Nature Reserve (T)
- Kaunas 1919-1939: The Capital Inspired by the Modern Movement (T)
- The late ancient tomb of Silistra (T)
- The Royal Sites of Ireland: Cashel, Dún Ailinne, Hill of Uisneach, Rathcroghan Complex, and Tara Complex (T)
- Citadel of Alessandria (T)
- Maltese Catacomb Complexes (T)
- Knights Fortifications around the Harbours of Malta (T)
- Sites funéraires et mémoriels de la Première Guerre mondiale (Front Ouest) (T)
- Roman Ways. Itineraries of the Roman Empire (T)
- Archaeological Site and Historic Centre of Panamá City (T)
- Early Medieval Monastic Sites (T)
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire - The Danube Limes in Bulgaria (T)
- The Colonial Transisthmian Route of Panamá (Ruta Colonial Transístmica de Panamá) (T)
- Rostov Kremlin (T)
- The Roussensky Lom National Park (T)
- La Moneda Palace (T)
- The Olive Grove Landscapes of Andalusia (T)
- Koh Ker: Archeological site of Ancient Lingapura Or Chok Gargyar (T)
- Darwin's Landscape Laboratory (T)
- The Rise of Systematic Biology (T)
- That Luang de Vientiane (T)
- Site of Southern Yue State (T)
- Cal Orck'o: Footprints of time (T)
- Sultan Bayezid II Complex: A Center of Medical Treatment (T)
- Yıldız Palace Complex (T)
- Lake Titicaca (T)
- Sacred Titicaca Lake (T)
- Pulacayo, Industrial Heritage Site (T)
- Archaeological Complex of Pachacamac (T)
- Western Stone Forts (T)
- The Augustow Canal (Kanal Augustowski) (T)
- Gdansk - Town of Memory and Freedom (T)
- Torres del Paine and Bernardo O'Higgins National Parks, Region of Magallanes (T)
- Monte Verde Archaeological Site (T)
- Romanesque Cathedrals in Puglia (T)
- Salento and the Barocco Leccese (T)
- Southwest Coast (T)
- Asuka-Fujiwara : Archaeological sites of Japan's Ancient Capitals and Related Properties (T)
- Teylers (T)
- The Jewish Cemetery of Altona Königstrasse. Sephardic Sepulchral Culture of the 17th and 18th century between Europe and the Caribbean (T)
- Chatham Dockyard and its Defences (T)
- Francke Foundation Buildings (T)
- Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge (T)
- The Monastic City of Clonmacnoise and its Cultural Landscape (T)
Top 50 Missing Sites
- Alexandria, ancient remains and the new library
- Atacama Desert
- Chernobyl
- Ciudad Perdida, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
- Cultural Landscape of Santorini
- Golden Gate Bridge
- Great Gobi Desert
- Historic University Towns of Oxford and Cambridge
- Jericho
- Lake Titicaca
- Major Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright
- Mecca, Kaaba
- Okavango Delta
- Panama Canal
- Shwedagon Pagoda
- Silk Roads
- Sites Mégalithiques de Carnac
- The Grand Canal
- Transiberian Railway
- Ur
Top 200 WHS
- Acropolis
- Troy
- Pompei
- Leptis Magna
- Pont du Gard
- Borobudur
- Haeinsa Temple
- Pyramids (Memphis)
- Aachen Cathedral
- Ravenna
- Vatican City
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa)
- Mont-Saint-Michel
- Westminster
- Kremlin and Red Square
- Kinderdijk
- Aksum
- Guanajuato
- Thingvellir
- Wadi Rum
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island)
- Jantar Mantar
- Ancient Thebes
- Grand Canyon
- Völklingen Ironworks
- Ancient Kyoto
- Gyeongju
- Galapagos Islands
- Yellowstone
- Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
- Redwood
- Tasmanian Wilderness
- Yosemite National Park
- Ilulissat Icefjord
- Chola Temples
- Khajuraho Group of Monuments
- Sun Temple, Konarak
- Hampi
- Itsukushima Shrine
- Ha Long Bay
- Lena Pillars
- Cuzco
- West Norwegian Fjords
- Great Barrier Reef
- Siena
- Granada
- Dubrovnik
- Cracow
- Vienna
- Brugge
- Rhodes
- Arab-Norman Palermo
- Agra Fort
- Crac des Chevaliers
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan
- Himeji-jo
- Great Wall
- Tower of London
- Fortress of Suomenlinna
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines
- Machu Picchu
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
- Great Himalayan National Park
- Persepolis
- Petra
- Rapa Nui
- Imperial Palace
- Versailles
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex
- El Escurial
- Dinosaur Provincial Park
- Persian Garden
- Studley Royal Park
- Carthage
- Amsterdam Canal Ring
- Florence
- St. Petersburg
- Paris, Banks of the Seine
- Chaco Culture
- Mesa Verde
- Teotihuacan
- Tikal National Park
- Chichen-Itza
- Palenque
- Stonehenge
- Çatalhöyük
- Nasca Lines
- Works of Antoni Gaudí
- Okavango Delta
- The Sundarbans
- Iguazu National Park
- Altamira Cave
- Angkor
- Fatehpur Sikri
- Grand Canal
- Mountain Railways of India
- Venice and its Lagoon
- Istanbul
- Rome
- Damascus
- Old City of Jerusalem
- Prague
- Split