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Hochdorf Chieftain's Grave

Hochdorf Chieftain's Grave (Fürstengrab von Eberdingen-Hochdorf): unlooted late Hallstatt Celtic princely burial, c. 540 BC, near Ludwigsburg, Germany; excavated 1978–79 by Jörg Biel; bronze couch, wagon, Greek cauldron.

Hochscheid

Hochscheid: Roman pilgrimage sanctuary in the Idarwald, Hunsrück, Germany; Gallo-Roman ambulatory temple over a healing spring, dedicated to Apollo and Sirona, with bathhouse and pilgrim hostel, abandoned after 275/276.

Hochstetter Forland

Hochstetter Forland is a peninsula and Ramsar Site no. 390 (designated 27 January 1988, 207,000 ha) in Northeast Greenland National Park, important for moulting pink-footed geese, breeding waterbirds, muskoxen, and Holocene and Jurassic research sites.

Hocking Hills State Park

Hocking Hills State Park, Hocking County, Ohio: six scenic areas (Old Man's Cave, Ash Cave, Cedar Falls, Cantwell Cliffs, Rock House, Conkle's Hollow) carved from Black Hand Sandstone; 26 trail miles; 1.3–5 million annual visitors.

Hockwold

Hockwold (Hockwold-cum-Wilton), Norfolk: fen-edge parish with Beaker domestic sites, two Romano-Celtic temples (Sawbench Wood, Leyland's Farm), and the 1962 Hockwold treasure of silver cups and priestly diadems in the British Museum.

Hod Hill

Hod Hill, Stourpaine, Dorset: largest Iron Age hillfort in Dorset at 54 acres (22 ha), with a Roman fort of c. 43–51 AD in its NW corner; excavated by Boyd-Dawkins and Richmond; National Trust site.

Hodowla jeleni, kucyków, kóz

Hodowla jeleni, kucyków, kóz, a zoo in Gmina Kocmyrzów-Luborzyca, Kraków County, Małopolskie, Poland, named for breeding deer, ponies, and goats; coordinates 50.14101 N, 20.13091 E.

Höflein

Höflein is a Lower Austrian municipality near Carnuntum on the Danube Limes, with a Roman fortlet (50–433 AD) on the Kirchenberg, the villa rustica Aubühel, watchtowers, and winegrowing documented since the 11th century.

Hoghiz

Hoghiz (La Cetate) is a Roman auxiliary fort site on the left bank of the Olt in Brașov County, Romania, the largest auxiliary fort in eastern Dacia, with Trajanic timber and mid-2nd-century stone phases and Roman baths.

Hội An Old Town

Hội An Old Town (Phố cổ Hội An, Hoi An Ancient Town) is a UNESCO World Heritage trading-port district in Quảng Nam, Vietnam, inscribed in 1999 under criteria (ii) and (v), with 1,107 timber buildings on 30 ha.

Holašovice Historic Village

Holašovice Historic Village (Vesnická památková rezervace Holašovice) is a protected traditional village in the Czech Republic's South Bohemian Region, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1998.

Holcombe

Holcombe Villa, Uplyme, Devon: Romano-British villa over a late Iron Age settlement, occupied about 70-409 AD, with an octagonal bath house, mosaics, and a salt-estate link; scheduled monument 1002558, distinct from Holcombe in Somerset and Lancashire.

Holiday World & Splashin' Safari

Holiday World & Splashin' Safari, also called Santa Claus Land (1946), is a family-owned theme park and water park in Santa Claus, Indiana, known for The Voyage wooden coaster, three record water coasters, and free drinks, parking, and sunscreen.

Hollywood Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia)

Hollywood Cemetery, established 1847 in Richmond, Virginia, is a private rural garden cemetery on the James River designed by John Notman, holding Presidents Monroe and Tyler, Jefferson Davis, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Hollywood Forever Cemetery, formerly Hollywood Memorial Park, is a cemetery and cultural events center in Hollywood, Los Angeles, founded in 1899, holding stars like Judy Garland.

Hollywood Park

Hollywood Park, Inglewood, California: a nearly 300-acre mixed-use development on the former Hollywood Park Racetrack site, anchored by SoFi Stadium, with 2,500 homes, retail, YouTube Theater and the Hollywood Park Casino.

Hollywood Sign

The Hollywood Sign, originally the Hollywoodland sign, is a landmark of white letters on Mount Lee above Los Angeles, built in 1923 as a real estate billboard.

Hollywood Walk of Fame

The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a sidewalk of terrazzo celebrity stars on Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street, Los Angeles, run by the Hollywood Chamber of Fame; over 2,700 stars since 1960, six categories, $85,000 sponsorship fee.

Holme House

Holme House, Piercebridge: a Romano-British villa on the River Tees near Piercebridge, County Durham, evolving from an Iron Age roundhouse enclosure; excavated 1969-70 by D. W. Harding, dismantled by about AD 200.

Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City

Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City: Catholic cemetery and mortuary of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, opened 1939 on Rancho La Ballona land; known for its Kado grotto and celebrity burials including Bela Lugosi and Sharon Tate.

Holy Rosary Parish Church (Angeles City)

Holy Rosary Parish Church (Pisamban Maragul), Angeles City, Pampanga: Romanesque stone church built 1877–1896 to Antonio de la Camara's design, an Important Cultural Property, elevated by Pope Leo XIV to Pampanga's first minor basilica in 2026.

Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc

The Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc (Sloup Nejsvětější Trojice) is a 35-metre Baroque memorial column on Olomouc's Upper Square, built 1716–1754 by Václav Render and Ondřej Zahner, consecrated in 1754 before Maria Theresa, and inscribed by UNESCO in 2000 under criteria (i) and (iv).

Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site

Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, also called Springwood, is the NPS-preserved Hyde Park, NY estate where FDR was born in 1882; designated 1944, opened 1946, with 898 acres and the adjacent first presidential library.

Homestead National Historical Park

Homestead National Historical Park, formerly Homestead National Monument of America, is an NPS unit near Beatrice, Nebraska, established in 1936 on Daniel Freeman's homestead, the first claim under the 1862 Homestead Act, with the oldest restored tallgrass prairie in the NPS.

Homorod

Homorod is the name of several related places in Transylvania, Romania, including a commune in Brașov county, a village in Hunedoara county, and a tributary of the Olt River.

Hong Kong Chinese Christian Cemetery

The Hong Kong Chinese Christian Cemetery is a hillside cemetery on Pok Fu Lam Road, Hong Kong Island, allocated in 1882 for burying Chinese Christians.

Hong Kong Country Parks system

Hong Kong Country Parks system: 25 country parks and 22 special areas under the 1976 Country Parks Ordinance, covering about 40% of Hong Kong's land (44,842 ha), managed by AFCD, with 11 million visitors in 2025 and ongoing housing-land debates.

Hong Kong Disneyland (香港迪士尼乐园)

Hong Kong Disneyland (香港迪士尼乐园) is a theme park at Penny's Bay on Lantau Island, Hong Kong, opened in 2005 as the first Disney park in China.

Hong Kong Observation Wheel (香港摩天轮)

Hong Kong Observation Wheel (香港摩天轮), 60-metre, 42-gondola Ferris wheel at 33 Man Kwong Street, Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong; operated by TECL with AIA sponsorship; HK$20 fare since 2017; over 8 million riders.

Hong Kong Zoological & Botanical Garden

Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens (香港動植物公園), also called Bing Tau Fa Yuen, is Hong Kong's oldest park, opened 1871 in Central; a free 5.6-hectare zoo and botanical garden with about 236 animals and over 1,000 plant species.