Several places in Los Angeles and further north in California are on UNESCO's World Heritage List. Here's what that means.

The Trump administration intends to withdraw the U.S. from the organization, just two years after it rejoined after a ...

The Trump administration plans to pull out of the U.N. cultural agency, putting UNESCO back at the center of geopolitical ...

The reasons put forward by the United States to withdraw from the Organization are the same as seven years ago even though the situation has changed profoundly, political tensions have receded, and ...

U.S. President Ronald Reagan's administration announces that the U.S. is withdrawing from UNESCO, effective December 1984, ...

UNESCO runs the influential World Heritage Sites program. There are 26 UNESCO World Heritage sites in the United States ...

The restoration of the historic city's iconic Al-Nouri Mosque and Al-Hadba Minaret was just one of many programs run by the U ...

It will be the third time that the United States leaves the Paris-based agency, and the second time during a Trump ...

Bavarian palaces, imperial tombs in China and memorials to Khmer Rouge victims are among the sites being recognized by the ...

While it would take more than a lifetime to visit the 1,200 or so sites on the list, these 11 must-visit places spark ...

Making the UNESCO's heritage list often sparks a lucrative tourism drive, and can unlock funding for the preservation of sites that can face threats including pollution, war and negligence.