Author: Amitava Ray

Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve is a wild area in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2016.

Tatshenshini Alsek Provincial Park, Canada, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that is part of the Kluane-Wrangell-St. Elias-Glacier Bay-Tatshenshini-Alsek park system

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park in Alaska is the largest national park in the US with over 13 million acres, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979.

Monticello Thomas Jefferson: Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville were added to the list of World Heritage Sites by UNESCO in 1987.

The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright is a group of eight buildings across the United States that are all UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Waterton Glacier International Peace Park, includes Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada and Glacier National Park in the US, are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Vatican City, one of Christianity’s holiest sites and a symbol of a long spiritual journey, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984.

Leh was the capital of Ladakh, an Indian kingdom in the Himalayas. The town is dominated by the ruined Leh Palace, which was once the residence of Ladakh’s royal family.

Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia show how people were buried in different ways from the 9th century BC to the 1st century BC in Italy.

Ravenna was the 5th-century Roman capital. It was Byzantine Italy’s capital from 6th to 8th centuries and became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.

Val d’Orcia, Tuscany, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2004, blends nature, history, and art in Italy during the time of the Etruscans.

Christmas is a religious holiday observed on December 25. Cultural and commercial events occur worldwide. For 2,000 years, everyone has celebrated it.