Places to Visit

UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites.

Cahokia‘s just one of almost a thousand sites around the world that UNESCO considers to form, “part of the cultural and natural heritage” of the world that has “outstanding universal value.”

Bam, Iran. Image by Benutzer:The 194.231.230.60 via Wikipedia.

It’s a remarkable selection of places, from natural geological wonders like the Grand Canyon, to biological preserves like Peru’s ManĂº National Park, to cultural landscapes like that of Bam, Iran.

The long, detailed descriptions of the importance of these sites makes the World Heritage List website is a remarkable resource for cultural and physical geography.

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