Parks, protected areas, and geographic heritage sites

Qujiang Ocean Park

Qujiang Ocean Park (曲江海洋极地公园), also Qujiang Polar Ocean Park, is a 70-mu marine and polar theme park in Qujiang New District, Xi'an, with an ocean pavilion opened 2005 and a polar pavilion opened 2013, a National AAAA attraction.

Quseir Amra (Jordan)

Quseir Amra (Qusayr 'Amra) is an early 8th-century Umayyad desert palace in Jordan, celebrated for its figurative frescoes and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985.

Qutb Minar

Qutb Minar (क़ुतुब मीनार), also spelled Qutub Minar, is a 72.5 m sandstone minaret in Mehrauli, Delhi, begun by Qutbu'd-Din Aibak around 1199-1202, India's tallest masonry tower, part of the 1993 UNESCO Qutb complex.

R-Park

R-Park (R-park) is a Russian company building rope parks, ziplines, giant swings, and suspension bridges, with 200 objects launched across Russia and CIS and 52 government contracts; the name also covers recreation parks with rope courses, laser tag, and paintball.

Rabaçal Roman villa

Rabaçal Roman villa (Villa Romana do Rabaçal), a mid-4th-century AD late Roman estate near Conímbriga, Penela, Portugal, with a rare octagonal peristyle of 24 columns and mosaics without Portuguese parallels; a National Monument since 2021.

Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City: a Shared Heritage

Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City: a Shared Heritage (UNESCO site 1401) covers Morocco's capital, pairing the 1912-1930s French Protectorate Ville Nouvelle with 12th-century Almohad monuments such as the Hassan Mosque, inscribed 2012 under criteria (ii) and (iv).

Rabati Malik

Rabati Malik (Rabat-i Malik, "Royal Fortress") is a ruined 1070s Karakhanid royal steppe residence and later Silk Road caravanserai near Navoi, Uzbekistan, between Samarkand and Bukhara; its portal survives, and it joined UNESCO's Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor listing in 2023.

Rabbits Island

Rabbits Island (토끼섬) is a small artificial islet in Songdo Central Park's seawater canal, Incheon, South Korea, home to a wild rabbit colony seen by boat. Namesakes include Okunoshima, Japan's famous Rabbit Island.

Răcar

Răcar, also spelled Răcari, is a Roman auxiliary fort in Oltenia, south-western Romania, about 29 km from Craiova, garrisoned by Moorish cavalry and active from 101 to near 271 AD.

Raccoon (site)

Raccoon (site): zoos, parks, and sanctuaries displaying the raccoon (Procyon lotor), from Zoo Idaho's founding raccoon Pete (1932) to B.C. Wildlife Park's large naturalistic exhibit, plus invasive-range and welfare issues.

Rachelu

Rachelu (also "Rachel") is a village in Luncavița commune, Tulcea County, Romania, with about 1,030 residents, hosting a Roman quadriburgium fort of the Danube limes tied to Noviodunum, plus prehistoric, Roman, and medieval sites and a denarii hoard.

Rachid Karami International Fair-Tripoli

Rachid Karami International Fair-Tripoli (Rachid Karameh International Fair), an unfinished Oscar Niemeyer modernist exhibition complex in Tripoli, Lebanon; 70 ha, 750 m boomerang Grand Canopy; UNESCO World Heritage and in Danger since 2023.

Radlett

Radlett is a commuter town in the parish of Aldenham, Hertfordshire, England, on Watling Street between Elstree and St Albans, with about 8,000 residents served by Radlett station.

Radom Biosphere Reserve

Radom Biosphere Reserve (Al Radom), South Darfur, Sudan: UNESCO MAB site designated 1982 (one source 1979) around Radom National Park, 1,250,970 ha of wooded savanna on the Adda and Umbelasha rivers near the Central African Republic border.

Radotín

Radotín, a Prague 16 city district, is a cadastral territory located on the left bank of the Berounka, known for its expansive history and the Lahovice Slavic burial ground.

Radwell Roman villa (United Kingdom)

Radwell Roman villa: scheduled monument (list entry 1016308) in Radwell, North Hertfordshire, England; a Romano-British villa complex 500m west of Ermine Street, 4km north of Baldock, with a 40m by 20m main house, riverside bath house, Iron Age antecedents and 3rd-4th century coin evidence.

Raeburnfoot

Raeburnfoot is the site of a small Roman fort and outer enclosure near Eskdalemuir in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, occupied briefly in the Antonine period.

Raedykes camp

Raedykes camp: Roman temporary (marching) camp near Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, also called Raedykes Roman camp; late 1st-century AD, 38.9 ha, six tituli, largely upstanding earthwork, Scheduled Monument SM1016.

Ragando

Ragando (Ragandone, Ragundone, Ragindone) was a Roman road station in Noricum between Celeia and Poetovio, located near Spodnje Grušovje, Slovenia; attested in the Tabula Peutingeriana and other itineraries.

Rainbow Bridge National Monument

Rainbow Bridge National Monument, Utah: 160-acre NPS unit protecting a 290-foot-tall, 275-foot-span Navajo Sandstone natural bridge, established 1910, sacred to six tribes, reachable only by boat or 14-mile hike.

Rainforests of the Atsinanana

Rainforests of the Atsinanana (Forêts humides de l'Atsinanana): serial World Heritage site of six national parks along eastern Madagascar, inscribed 2007, 479,660.7 ha, 80-90% endemism, on the danger list 2010-2025.

Raj Ghat and associated memorials

Raj Ghat, Delhi memorial complex marking Mahatma Gandhi's cremation site (31 January 1948): black marble platform, eternal flame, design by Vanu G. Bhuta, administered by the Rajghat Samadhi Committee, with associated leader memorials nearby.

Rajamangala Aquarium

Rajamangala Aquarium (พิพิธภัณฑ์สัตว์น้ำราชมงคลตรัง), also called Trang Aquarium, is a university-run aquarium and marine education center in Sikao, Trang, Thailand, opened 2001, with 70 tanks, 300-plus species, seal shows, and dugong and sea turtle exhibits.

Rajshahi Zoo

Rajshahi Zoo (Shaheed AHM Kamaruzzaman Central Park and Zoo, later Rajshahi Botanical Garden) is a 1972 municipal zoo in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, run by Rajshahi City Corporation since 1996, now largely animal-empty and slated for redevelopment as a safari park.

Rakhigarhi (राखीगढ़ी)

Rakhigarhi (राखीगढ़ी), also Rakhi Garhi, is a major Harappan Indus Valley city site in Hisar district, Haryana, India, with seven mounds over about 350 hectares, ASI excavations since 1997-98, a large Mound 7 cemetery, and the only published Harappan ancient genome.