The United States holds 26 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, from Yellowstone’s geothermal basin and the Grand Canyon’s layered geology to pre-Columbian earthwork cities and a 2024 Moravian settlement in Pennsylvania.
Russia holds 33 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, from the timber churches of Kizhi and the monasteries of the European north to Lake Baikal, the volcanoes of Kamchatka, and a newly inscribed Ice Age cave in the southern Urals.
Greece holds 20 UNESCO World Heritage Sites — from the Acropolis and Delphi to Meteora’s cliff monasteries and the newly inscribed Minoan palatial centres of Crete — spanning three millennia of continuous civilisation.
Japan holds 26 UNESCO World Heritage Sites — from 7th-century Buddhist temples and the White Heron Castle to ancient cedar forests, remote Pacific islands, and a shared Le Corbusier building in Tokyo.
Mexico holds 36 UNESCO World Heritage Sites — the most in the Americas — ranging from the pyramids of Teotihuacán and Maya cities to monarch butterfly reserves and a modernist house in Mexico City.
The United Kingdom holds 35 UNESCO World Heritage Sites — from Stonehenge and Hadrian’s Wall to remote Atlantic archipelagos and the world’s largest blanket bog — spanning prehistoric, industrial, and natural heritage across four nations and several overseas territories.
India holds 44 UNESCO World Heritage Sites — from Bronze Age Harappan cities and Mughal imperial fortresses to Himalayan wildlife corridors and a Le Corbusier modernist complex — making it one of the most culturally and ecologically diverse lists in the world.
China holds 60 UNESCO World Heritage Sites — from the Terracotta Army and Great Wall to Silk Road cave temples, Neolithic ruins, and some of the world’s most spectacular natural landscapes, spanning nearly four decades of inscriptions.
A heritage trail is a marked route connecting places of cultural or historical significance along a shared theme. Definition, the Council of Europe Cultural Routes, and how to follow one.
