Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville
Two early and fine examples of Neoclassical architecture, designed by Thomas Jefferson, 3rd president of the US.
Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul, Campeche
Extensive ruins of a Maya city inside a huge biosphere reserve.
Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek
A huge trans-national site, significant in terms of geological processes, ecological zones, biodiversity and beauty.
Taos Pueblo
A centuries-old Puebloan community that still practices the traditional ways, living in distinctive adobe houses.
Protective Town of San Miguel and the Sanctuary of Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco
A colorful colonial-era town of Baroque architecture and its church complex with Mexican Baroque murals.
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
A site used for 6,000 years by Plains people to hunt buffalo by driving them over a cliff.
Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System
An area of coral reefs, cays, atolls and other features supporting a huge variety of flora and fauna.
Old Town Lunenburg
A charming 18th-19th-century British colonial fishing settlement with colorful wooden buildings.
Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks
Two-thousand-year-old earthworks that demonstrate the Hopewell people’s knowledge of geometry and astronomy.
Monumental Earthworks of Poverty Point
A remarkable achievement in earthen construction by hunter-gatherers more than 3000 years ago.
Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila
Home to a centuries-old culture of agave cultivation for production of Tequila.
Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan
A city of magnificent pyramids and temples left by an ancient civilization.
San Antonio Missions
Five historical mission churches from the Spanish colonial period in Texas.
Mammoth Cave National Park
An enormous cave system containing intricate rock formations that demonstrate. millions of years of geological processes.
Chaco Culture
Well-preserved prehistoric architecture that also demonstrates ancient Puebloans’ knowledge of astronomy.
Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán
A vibrant Spanish colonial city and an ancient pre-Columbian city.
Olympic National Park
A large and beautiful park containing mountains, old-growth forests, temperate rainforests and beaches.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
A large protected area of great scenic beauty and species diversity.
Historic Fortified Town of Campeche
A colorful Spanish colonial town surrounded by fortifications.
Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaíno
Two Baja California lagoons used by gray whales for giving birth and mating.
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.
Mesa Verde National Park
Ruins of ancient cliff dwellings used over a thousand years ago by Ancestral Pueblo people.
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
A natural cave complex with extensive and varied rock formations.
Mistaken Point
A site containing fossils of the earliest complex organisms, marking an important turning point in evolutionary history.
Landscape of Grand Pré
An agricultural area that commemorates the history of the Acadians and their expulsion from Canada.
Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines
A colonial-period silver-mining center, with subterranean streets and Baroque architecture.
Antigua Guatemala
A lovely city that illustrates Spanish colonial-era architecture, city planning, and culture.
Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal
Four sets of pre-Columbian ruins that exemplify Mayan art and architecture when Mayan civilization was at its height.
Maya Site of Copan
Once the capital of a vast Mayan kingdom, now a large complex containing beautiful ruins of altars and stelae.
Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic District of Panamá
A Spanish colonial city: the first permanent European settlement in the Western Hemisphere.
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
Seven parks encompassing all the grandeur of the Canadian Rockies with magnificent mountain scenery.
Historic District of Old Québec
North America’s only fortified colonial city, with an intact core, some of which dates back to the 17th century.
Redwood National and State Parks
Four nature reserves that combine to protect the oldest and tallest trees in the world.
Gros Morne National Park
An area of natural beauty which illustrates the process of continental drift.
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Two active volcanoes and a protected habitat for endemic flora and fauna.