Rachel Heller

looking down a white-sand beach, hills rising from it with scrubby green plants over white rock.

K’gari (Fraser Island)

A unique island of sand dunes and rainforest.

A Romanesque church, round arched entryway open on three sides, a small tower.

Byblos

Ruins of many layers of civilizations and the birthplace of the Phoenician alphabet.

An entire temple, on a high base, surrounded by Corinthian columns.

Baalbek

An astoundingly large and well-preserved Roman temple complex.

A path straight ahead with bushes on either side, leading to a large domed building with an arched entryway.

Kunya-Urgench

Ruins of the capital of the ancient state of Khorezm and a major stop on the medieval Silk Road.

Front of a church - 2 storeys, arches along the edge of the roof as well as above the entrances.

Archaeological Site of Mystras

Atmospheric ruins of a complete Late Byzantine city.

An entrahce with 3 arches, decorated in tile and brick. Symmetrical wings of the building one either side.

Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau

Two exceptional examples of Catalan Art Nouveau architecture in Barcelona designed by Lluís Domènech i Montaner.

The mausoleum is a small square building with an arched entrance with one window above it. The base of what used to be a dome still stands on top.

Ancient City of Qalhat

The ruins of a major trade-route city of the Kingdom of Hormuz.

An attractive narrow city street, with buildings only 2-3 stories high; one of them looks like a gateway.

The Historic Centre of Guimarães

A charming medieval city center, considered the birthplace of Portuguese nationhood.

An gorilla sits in the green undergrowth, only visible from the chest up.

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

An area of astounding biodiversity, best known for its mountain gorilla population.

A view of the vineyards seems to go on forever: very flat land, with small areas divided by lots of stone walls, vines growing between them, close to the ground.

Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture

Viniculture in a hostile environment made possible through human ingenuity.

A stone church with a small open bell tower in its center with 4 bells visible.

Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of Asturias

Six buildings that are unique to the short-lived Asturian monarchy.

A drawing of a horse, black outlines and tinted red on the body.

Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain

Some of the earliest art by the earliest humans.

A flat grassy field with, at a distance, a large grass-covered mound, flat on its top.

Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site

The largest and earliest pre-Columbian city in North America.

Historic Centre of Puebla

An intact Renaissance city full of Spanish-colonial baroque architecture.

The entrance to Geirangerfjord. Steep hills on either side, and big mountains in the background.

West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord

The world’s largest and deepest fjords, and breathtakingly beautiful.

Looking down a canal with large red-brick warehouses lining both sides.

Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus

An ensemble of warehouses and office buildings resulting from Hamburg’s port trade in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

The entranceway in the dille is arched and quite grand, with pillars inside it. The building extends out on both sides, lower than the central archway, with smaller arches along its length.

Historic City of Ahmedabad

A medieval walled city of unique gated communities and many architectural monuments in a mix of styles.

A path between green rice fields leads to a group of houses with peaked thatched roofs.

Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama

Mountain villages with unique traditional farmhouses where silkworms were cultivated.

View of one of the shrine buildings at Jongmyo: a low structure with a grey tiled roof but otherwise all painted dark red. PIllars along the building support the eaves of the roof.

Jongmyo Shrine

A Confucian shrine housing the spirit tablets of Korean royal ancestors.

A view between trees down a path to a small church with a steeple.

Landscape of Grand Pré

An agricultural area that commemorates the history of the Acadians and their expulsion from Canada.

Looking through a thick stone doorway to a row of arches and through them to the palace in the distance.

Anjar

Remains of an 8th-century Umayyad town that offers insight into Umayyad town planning and architecture.

The house is wide and low and has a long balcony and a flat roof.

Tugendhat Villa in Brno

An outstanding example of Modern architecture of the 1920s, designed by Mies van der Rohe.

A pillared building with a shallow pool in front of it.

The Great Spa Towns of Europe

Towns in seven countries where an early tourism industry thrived around natural hot springs.

A view of the central circle at Stonehenge

Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites

Two mysterious prehistoric stone circles: one, the most sophisticated in the world; the other, the largest.

Looking up at a dome on the mausoleum showing beautiful decorative tile work.

Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi

An unfinished mausoleum and mosque that allows an understanding of Timurid construction methods.

Itchan Kala

An excellent illustration of the traditions of Islamic architecture in Central Asia.

Sunrise, with the temple towers silhouetted in the foreground, the forest spreading out behind that, swathed in cloud, and the sun breaking through the low clouds in the distance.

Borobudur Temple Compounds

A massive and intricately-carved 9th-century Buddhist temple.

Semi-circular rings of stone benches slant down to the circular stage area at the bottom.

The Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus

Ruins of an ancient place of healing, with a huge and still intact Greek theater.

Front view of Schonbrunn palace seen from a distance to fit such a large structure into the picture.

Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn

Former home to the powerful Habsburg emperors: an opulent Baroque castle and its gardens.

A view from lake level with the lake in the foreground and the village clustered picturesquely opposite, mountains to the left and behind the village.

Hallstatt-Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape

A picturesque little village surrounded by a breathtaking mountainous landscape.

View over the city. In the foreground, a large monument with a cross. Below, the city, with its grid of streets, and in the background, the volcano, its peak surrounded by clouds.

Antigua Guatemala

A lovely city that illustrates Spanish colonial-era architecture, city planning, and culture.

A ruined temple in stone, with tall pillars holding up a pediment, that is mostly broken off.

Acropolis, Athens

The most famous remnant of ancient Greece, standing high above the city of Athens.

Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve

A stunning landscape of granite pinnacles in a nature reserve protecting endemic species.

Looking at the building of Mafra from an angle: a very baroque design. Trees are flowering pink nearby.

Royal Building of Mafra

One of the most impressive baroque structures in all of Portugal.

Ellora Caves

34 stunning stone-cut caves with carved and painted images from three different religions.

Australian Convict Sites

Eleven separate locations that illustrate elements of the 19th-century British penal system of “transportation” to Australia.