Top Missing Sites

A list of sites that are not included in the WH List, but should be according to our WHS community. By popular vote and ranked (1-119).

#SiteVotesDiscussionsStatus
1Bagan54ForumInscribed 2019
2Historic University Towns of Oxford and Cambridge49ForumFormerly on Tentative List
3Ephesus45ForumInscribed 2015
4Okavango Delta43ForumInscribed 2014
5Minoan palaces of Crete41ForumOn Tentative List
6Neuschwanstein Castle40ForumOn Tentative List
7Varanasi39ForumOn Tentative List
8Cultural Landscape of Santorini38ForumFormerly on Tentative List
9Mecca, Kaaba37Forum
10Silk Roads36ForumInscribed 2014
11Lake Titicaca35ForumOn Tentative List
12Dzongs of Bhutan34ForumOn Tentative List
13Shwedagon Pagoda33ForumOn Tentative List
14Panama Canal32Forum
15Amritsar32ForumOn Tentative List
16Ur31ForumInscribed 2016
17Transiberian Railway30Forum
18Major Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright29ForumInscribed 2019
19Plain of Jars / Sites Mégalithiques de la province de Xieng Khouang29ForumInscribed 2019
20Alexandria, ancient remains and the new library29ForumOn Tentative List
21Pharaonic Temples of Kom Ombo and Edfu29ForumOn Tentative List
22Death Valley National Park27ForumFormerly on Tentative List
23Torres del Paine National Park26ForumOn Tentative List
24Suez Canal26Forum
25Scrovegni's Chapel26ForumInscribed 2021
26The Soviet Architecture of Moscow25Forum
27Svalbard24ForumOn Tentative List
28Jericho22ForumInscribed 2023
29Golden Gate Bridge22Forum
30Vers une architecture: Major Buildings of Le Corbusier22ForumInscribed 2016
31Sites Mégalithiques de Carnac21ForumOn Tentative List
32Cenotes of the Yucatan21ForumOn Tentative List
33The Sacred Complex of Babylon21ForumInscribed 2019
34Chernobyl20Forum
35Mount Rushmore20Forum
36Nan Madol18ForumInscribed 2016
37Naica Cave: Cave of the Crystals18Forum
38Petrified Forest National Park18ForumOn Tentative List
39Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Frank Gehry17Forum
40Atacama Desert17Forum
41Baikonur Cosmodrome / Cape Canaveral16Forum
42Tana Toraja Cultural Landscape15ForumOn Tentative List
43Mt Kailash15Forum
44The Grand Canal15ForumInscribed 2014
45Vatnajökull National Park15ForumInscribed 2019
46City of Herat14ForumOn Tentative List
47Klondike and the Gold Rush Trails14ForumInscribed 2023
48Great Gobi Desert14ForumOn Tentative List
49Marine Reserves of Sinai13ForumOn Tentative List
50The Archaeological Site of Göbeklitepe13ForumInscribed 2018
51Westhoek: places of memory and monuments of the Great War13ForumInscribed 2023
52Sistema Vial Andino/Qhapaq Ñan13ForumInscribed 2014
53Tempelhof Airport, Berlin12Forum
54Huaca de la Luna and Huaca del Sol12Forum
55Chicago School of Architecture12ForumOn Tentative List
56Fortified City of Famagusta12Forum
57Rainforests of Polynesia12ForumOn Tentative List
58Ciudad Perdida, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta11ForumOn Tentative List
59Middle and Upper Sepik11ForumOn Tentative List
60Towers of Silence11Forum
61Railways of the Andes11ForumOn Tentative List
62Andaman Islands10Forum
63Wooden Monasteries of Konbaung Period: Ohn Don, Sala, Pakhangyi, Pakhannge, Legaing, Sagu, Shwe Kyau10ForumOn Tentative List
64Kaieteur National Park, Iwokrama Forest and the Kanuku Mountains9ForumFormerly on Tentative List
65Ross Island9Forum
66La Grotte ornée Chauvet - Pont d'Arc9ForumInscribed 2014
67Olympic Park in Munich8Forum
68Hollywood Studios & Movie Palaces8Forum
69Dilwara Temples at Mt Abu8ForumOn Tentative List
70Divided Cities along the German Border8Forum
71Modern Legacy of Vienna8Forum
72Copper Canyon8Forum
73Palaces of Yalta8Forum
74Concordia7ForumOn Tentative List
75Laas Gaal7Forum
76Communist heritage of Volgograd7ForumOn Tentative List
77Jebel Shams, Wadi Nakhur, and Wadi Ghul7Forum
78Forests of Southern New Caledonia6Forum
79Salisbury Plains, Grytviken6Forum
80Synagogue of Subotica6Forum
81Chhatris (cenotaphs) of Orchha6ForumOn Tentative List
82El Nido Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area6ForumOn Tentative List
83Cape York and the islands of the Torres Strait6Forum
84Island of Inishmore6Forum
85Qutb Shahi Monuments of Hyderabad: Golconda Fort, Qutb Shahi Tombs6ForumOn Tentative List
86Devils Island (on French Guiana)6Forum
87Tashilunpo Monastery in Tibet6Forum
88Speicherstadt and Chilehaus with Kontorhaus District6ForumInscribed 2015
89Triple arch Gate at Dan & Sources of the Jordan6ForumOn Tentative List
90Kuhikugu5Forum
91Mammoth Bone Burials5Forum
92Ensemble du site naturel de la région du Chouf avec les monuments et les sites5ForumOn Tentative List
93Palitana5Forum
94Lena Delta4Forum
95Coron Island Natural Biotic Area4ForumOn Tentative List
96Taq-i-Kisra (Arch of Ctesiphon)4Forum
97The Sublime Karsts of Papua New Guinea4ForumOn Tentative List
98Meenakshi Temple in Madurai4Forum
99Kangchendzonga National Park4ForumInscribed 2016
100Tanna Island4Forum
101Infrastructure of the Industrial Revolution in Britain4Forum
102La Brea Pitch Lake3ForumOn Tentative List
103Tobolsk3Forum
104Taino Ceremonial site of Caguana2Forum
105Ford River Rouge Complex & Highland Plant2Forum
106Ebla (Tell Mardikh)2ForumOn Tentative List
107Kolyma Highway (the Road of Bones)2Forum
108Sumbrungu Painted Houses2Forum
109Drift Passes of Rangiroa, French Polynesia2Forum
110Band E Amir2ForumOn Tentative List
111Mount Gerizim: the holiest Samaritan site near Nablus2ForumOn Tentative List
112Benin Iya / Sungbo' s Eredo2ForumOn Tentative List
113Panorama Mesdag2Forum
114Diolkos: Ancient Railways2Forum
115Latte Stones of the Mariana Islands1Forum
116Monte Verde1ForumOn Tentative List
117Southwestern Coast Tidal Flats1ForumInscribed 2021