Describes the World Heritage sites that protect human ideas, places where great events occured, and places important to human traditions and beliefs.

Includes index.

Archaeological Site of Troy: Turkey -- Auschwitz Birkenau: Poland -- Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome): Japan -- Historic District of Old Québec: Canada -- Independence Hall: United States -- Ironbridge Gorge: United Kingdom -- Le Morne Cultural Landscape: Mauritius -- Mount Taishan: China -- Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove: Nigeria -- Robben Island: South Africa -- Statue of Liberty: United States -- Tongariro National Park: New Zealand -- Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park: Australia.