1. Austria: Wachau/Melk Abbey (score: 88)
2. Ontario: Rideau Canal corridor (score: 84)
3. Belgium: Historic Center of Ghent (score: 81)
4. Japan: Nikko historic areas (score: 81)
5. Austria: Graz (score: 80)
6. France: Aix-en-Provence (score: 80)
7. France: Dijon and Bourgogne region (score: 80)
8. Germany: Potsdam historic areas (score: 80)
9. Sweden: Stockholm's Gamla Stan (score: 80)
10. Argentina: Mendoza wine estancias (score: 79)
11. Indiana: Columbus (score: 78)
12. Japan: Ancient Nara (score: 78)
13. Mexico: Querétaro City & Sierra Gordo (score: 78)
14. France: Lyon historic areas (score: 77)
15. South Carolina: Charleston (score: 77)
16. Brazil: Paratí, RJ (score: 76)
17. Czech Republic: Medieval Cesky Krumlov (score: 76)
18. Scotland: Edinburgh historic areas (score: 76)
19. Australia: Sydney Harbor (score: 75)
20. England: York (score: 75)
21. Italy: San Gimignano (score: 75)
22. Oregon: Ashland (score: 75)
23. Croatia: Korcula (score: 74)
24. Japan: Kamakura (score: 74)
25. Minnesota: Red Wing (score: 74)
26. Washington: Port Townsend (score: 74)
27. Greece: Meteora (score: 73)
28. New Hampshire: Portsmouth (score: 73)
29. Nova Scotia: Lunenburg (score: 73)
30. Germany: Munich historic areas (score: 72)
31. Quebec: Montréal historic areas (score: 72)
32. Virginia: Charlottesville and Monticello (score: 72)
33. Georgia (U.S.): Savannah (score: 71)
34. North Carolina: Asheville (score: 71)
35. Arizona: Hopi Villages (score: 70)
36. Estonia: Medieval Tallinn (score: 70)
37. Florida: Winter Park (score: 70)
38. Germany: Dresden historic areas (score: 70)
39. Italy: Bologna historic areas (score: 70)
40. Maine: Portland historic downtown (score: 70)
41. Massachusetts: Historic Boston (score: 70)
42. Mississippi: Natchez (score: 70)
43. Illinois: Galena (score: 69)
44. Germany: Aachen old town (score: 69)
45. Kentucky: Old Lexington, horse country (score: 69)
46. Lithuania: Vilnius historic center (score: 69)
47. Alaska: Sitka (score: 68)
48. Ecuador: Cuenca (score: 68)
49. Mexico: Morelia historic areas (score: 68)
50. Virginia: Alexandria (score: 68)
51. Ontario: Niagara-on-the-Lake (score: 67)
52. Poland: Warsaw Stare Mjasto (score: 67)
53. West Virginia: Harpers Ferry (score: 67)
54. Guatemala: Antigua (score: 66)
55. Turkey: Istanbul historic areas (score: 66)
56. Colombia: Colonial Cartagena (score: 65)
57. England: Canterbury (score: 65)
58. Greece: Olympia (score: 65)
59. Indonesia: Ubud (score: 65)
60. Kenya: Lamu (score: 65)
61. Mexico: Colonial Campeche (score: 65)
62. Australia: Ballarat, Victoria (score: 64)
63. Hungary: Budapest historic areas (score: 64)
64. India: Khajuraho (score: 64)
65. Malaysia: Georgetown (score: 64)
66. New Jersey: Cape May (score: 64)
67. Pennsylvania: Philadelphia historic areas (score: 64)
68. Peru: Colonial Arequipa (score: 64)
69. Sri Lanka: Galle (score: 64)
70. France: Fortified Carcassonne (score: 63)
71. Ireland: Dublin historic areas (score: 63)
72. Maryland: Annapolis (score: 63)
73. Massachusetts: Lowell (score: 63)
74. Syria: Old City of Damascus (score: 63)
75. Connecticut: Mystic Seaport (score: 62)
76. Italy: Verona historic areas (score: 62)
77. New Mexico: Santa Fe (score: 62)
78. Rhode Island: Newport (score: 62)
79. Florida: St. Augustine (score: 61)
80. India: Medieval Orchha (score: 61)
81. India: Puducherry (Pondicherry) (score: 61)
82. Uzbekistan: Bukhara (score: 61)
83. Vietnam: Hoi An (score: 61)
84. Virginia: Richmond historic area (score: 61)
85. North Carolina: Wilmington (score: 60)
86. Laos: Luang Prabang (score: 59)
87. New York: Lower Hudson Valley (score: 59)
88. Romania: Sighisoara & Saxon Transylvania (score: 59)
89. Uzbekistan: Samarkand (score: 59)
90. Colorado: Telluride Valley (score: 58)
91. India: Blue City of Jodhpur historic areas (score: 58)
92. South Africa: Cape Town historic areas (score: 57)
93. Massachusetts: Salem (score: 56)
94. Vietnam: Hanoi historic areas (score: 56)
95. China: Macao historic areas (score: 54)
96. England: Stratford upon Avon (score: 54)
97. Thailand: Ayutthaya (score: 53)
98. India: Amritsar historic areas (score: 50)
99. Malaysia: Old port of Malacca (score: 50)
101. Louisiana: New Orleans historic areas (score: 47)
102. Georgia (U.S.): Atlanta historic areas (score: 46)
103. India: Golden City of Jaisalmer (score: 46)
104. Maryland, Pennsylvania, & Virginia: "Hallowed Ground" US 15 corridor (score: 45)
105. Pennsylvania: Lancaster County (score: 45)
106. South Dakota: Deadwood (score: 45)
107. Turkey: Hierapolis-Pamukkale (score: 45)
108. Arizona: Tombstone (score: 39)
109. Cambodia: Phnom Penh historic areas (score: 36)
110. Colorado: Central City (score: 34)