UNESCO has designated Newgrange as a World Heritage Site.
The Giant's Causeway, located in County Antrim in Northern Ireland, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986.
Yosemite was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. On the other hand, it was designated as a national park in 1890.
Timbuktu is a city located in Mali. It was first settled in the 12th century and became part of the Mali Empire. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988.
Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park is a world heritage site in St. Kitts.
The first North American city to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site is Quebec, in Quebec, Canada. This city was one of the first permanent cities to be founded in North America. Additionally, it is the only fortified city above Mexico. Furthermore, it is the bastion of French culture in North America and has a good deal of ancestral French architecture.
The U.S. Government requested that UNESCO grant this designation to Yellowstone NP, and UNESCO agreed to do so in 1978. Later designations include Grand Canyon in 1979 and Yosemite in 1984; all at the request of the U.S.
The Nazca Lines are a series of ancient geoglyphs located in the Nazca Desert in southern Peru. They were designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994.
It is a landmark declared by UNESCO that is considered to have world heritage.
Rio de Janeiro is the second largest city in Brazil. On July 1 of 2012, it was designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Parts of Auschwitz I and II have been preserved as a musuem since 1947, and more recently the area has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The first World Heritage site to be named in Germany was the Aachen Cathedral which gained its status in 1978.