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UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Stonehenge, built between 3,000 B.C.E. and 1,600 B.C.E., attracts around 900,000 visitors a year, with 70 percent of those from overseas.

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature has released a study showing that 1.8 percent of wilderness areas are covered under World Heritage protection—and how much more can be done.

By Morgan Erickson-Davis

Social Justice

Where tourist sites meet travel warnings.

By Juliet Sorensen

Social Justice

After years of ambivalence, the United States is trying to reconnect with its past as the leader of a global effort to save the treasures of the planet, from the Statue of Liberty and Yosemite National Park to the pyramids of Egypt and the East African Serengeti.

By Melinda Burns

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

How the World Heritage Convention Could Save More Wilderness

Back to Mali: A Country Suffers From the Single Story of Danger

U.S. Revisits Its World Heritage Roots