A | B |
The archaeological remains of the Bamiyan Valley which include two niches housing statues of the Buddha that were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001. | Afghanistan |
Kasbah of Algiers, contains the remains of a citadel, old mosques, and Ottoman style palaces. | Algeria |
Capital of the former Kingdom of Kongo | Angola |
Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin. Byzantine architecture. They were important centers of learning in the Caucases. | Armenia |
This country is home ot the Great Barrier Reef, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, and the Tasmanian Wilderness. | Australia |
Palace and Gardens of Schonbrunn | Austria (Residence of the Habsburg emperors) |
Walled city of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and the Maiden Tower | Azerbaijan |
Mir Castle Complex, 15th century Gothic style of fortress. | Belarus (Mir was the old Russian space station) |
Historic Centre of Brugge, and Major Mining Sites of Wallonia. | Belgium (major divisions of Belgium are Wallons and Flemish) |
Historic city of Sucre | Bolivia |
Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea. | Brazil |
Angkor Warr and the Templr Preah Vihear. | Cambodia |
Dinosaur Provincial Park and the Hisotric Distric of Old Quebec. | Canada |
Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, Home of the Terracota Warriors. | China (Xian in central China) |
Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace. | China (Lhasa, Tibet) |
Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang, as well as the Great Wall | China |
Site of Xanadu | China |
Xinjian Tianshan | China (Western China) |
Historical Comples of Split with the Palace of Diocletian, also the Old City of Dubrovnik | Croatia |
Historic Monuments and Sites of Kaesong. These are tombs with wall paintings from the Koguryo Kingdom. | North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DPRK) |
Garamba, and Salonga National Park, Okapi Wildlife Reserve | Democratic Republic of Congo |
City of Quito and the Galapagos Islands | Ecuador |
Memphis and its Necropolis: The Pryramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur | Egypt |
Historic Centre of Tallin | Estonia (One of the Baltic States across the Baltic Sea from Finland) |
Aksum | Ethiopia |
Chartres and Amiens Cathedrals, the Palace and Park of Fontainebleau. | France |
Aachen Cathedral (Charlemagine's capital) | Germany |
Cologne Cathedral | Germany |
Hanseatic City of Lubeck | Germany |
Classical Weimar | Germany (The government of Germany between 1919-1933 is referred to as the Weimar Republic because its constitution was written in this city) |
Acropolis of Athens | Greece |
Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle quarter and Andrassy Avenue | Hungary (Budapest is the capital and was once two cities Buda and Pest) |
Agra Fort, the Red Fort Complex, and the Hill Forts of Rajasthan | India |
The Taj Mahal | India (Built by Shah Jahan for his deceased wife. Many newlyweds in India get married there) |
The Ancient city of Persepolis (Seat of Achamenid Empire) | Iran |
The Samara Archaeological City and Erbil Citadel | Iraq |
The Fortress of Masada | Israel |
The Plains of Megiddo | Israel |
Baha'i Holy Places in Haifa and Western Galilee | Israel |
Piazza del Duomo, Pisa | Italy |
Venice and its Lagoon | Italy |
Historic Centres of Naples and Siena | Italy |
Cearly Christian Monuments of Ravenna | Italy |
The Dolomites Mountain Range | Itay |
Mount Etna | Italy (the island of Sicily) |
Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto | Japan |
Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) | Japan (ground zero for the atomic bomb) |
Fujisan | Japan |
The stone city of Petra | Jordan |
Historic Centre of Riga | Latvia (one of the Baltic States) |
Ouadi Qadisha (The Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God | Lebanon (The cedar tree is on the country's flag) |
Vilnius Historic Centre | Lithuania (one of the Baltic States) |
The Old Towns of Djenne and Timbuktu | Mali |
City of Valletta | Malta |
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve | Mexico |
Medinas of Fez and Marrakesh, and the historic city of Rabat. | Morocco |
Lubini, The Birthplace of the Buddha | Nepal |
Church of the Nativity | Palestine |
Machu Picchu, seat of the Inca Empire. | Peru |
Auschwitz Birkenau (Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp) | Poland (Also the camps Treblinka and Sobibor were located in Poland as well) |
Volcanoes of Kamchatka and the Golden Mountains of Altai | Russia |
Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg | Russia |
Lake Baikal | Russia |
Island of Goree | Senegal |
Medieval Monuments of Kosovo | Serbia |
Robben Island | South Africa (Site of a political prison where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned) |
Alhambra Mosque | Spain (Granada) |
Historic Centre of Cordoba | Spain |
Historic City of Toledo | Spain |
Old City of Berne | Switzerland |
Site of Palmyra (Ancient City) | Syria |
Ancient Cities of Aleppo and Damascus | Syria |
Archaeological Site of Carthage | Tunisia |
Saint-sophia Cathedral, Kiev | Ukraine |
Stonehenge | United Kingdom |
City of Bath | United Kingdom |
Old and New Towns of Edinburgh | United Kingdom (Capital of Scotland) |
New Lanark (Ideal Community established by Robert Owen) | United Kingdom |
Serengeti National Park | Tanzania |
Historic Centre of Bukhara | Uzbekistan |
Samarkand | Uzbekistan |
Imperial Citadel of Thang Long | Vietnam (Hanoi) |
Old City of Sana | Yemen |
Mosi-oa-Tunya/Victoria Falls | Zambia and Zimbabwe |
Khami Ruins National Monument | Zimbabwe |
Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur | Bangladesh |
Central Amazon Conservation Complex | Brazil |
Historic Quarter of the Seaport of Valparaiso | Chile |
Mount Huangshan | China |