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Bryant Park
Bryant Park, a Midtown Manhattan public park beside the New York Public Library, was a potter's field (1823–1840), hosted the Croton Reservoir and Crystal Palace, was renamed for William Cullen Bryant in 1884, redesigned in 1934, and restored by 1992.
Bryce Canyon National Park
Bryce Canyon National Park, a Utah national park on the Paunsaugunt Plateau (established 1928), holds the world's largest collection of hoodoos, carved from the Claron Formation by ice wedging, and is a Gold Tier International Dark Sky Park.
Bryggen
Bryggen is the old Hanseatic wharf in Bergen, Norway, a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1979; about 62 wooden buildings survive after repeated fires, standing on cultural layers up to 10 meters thick.
Bryn Celli Ddu
Bryn Celli Ddu ("Mound in the Dark Grove") is a Neolithic passage tomb on Anglesey, Wales, built over an earlier henge around 3080–2950 cal BC, aligned on summer solstice sunrise, excavated by W.J. Hemp in 1928–29.
Bs4 cafe
Cafes in BS4, Bristol: about 24 coffee shops and breakfast cafes in the Totterdown, Knowle, St Annes, and Brislington districts, including Harry's Cafe, Jessie's Cafe, Pausa Cafe, and the BS4 Repair Cafe.
Bucconis
Bucconis was a Roman road station (mutatio) in southwestern Gaul, attested in the Bordeaux Itinerary and tied to the Elusa–Tolosa road; tentatively placed near the Forêt de Bouconne at Isle-Jourdain, Gers, France.
Buciumi
Buciumi (Docidava?) is a Roman auxiliary fort on the Grădiște plateau, Sălaj County, Romania, on the north-western limes of Dacia Porolissensis; earth fort 128×160 m, stone fort after 115 CE, excavated 1963–1976, now a UNESCO Dacian Limes component.
Buck Island Reef National Monument
Buck Island Reef National Monument is a mostly underwater National Park Service monument north of St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands, established by President Kennedy in 1961.
Buckingham Fountain
Buckingham Fountain, formally the Clarence F. Buckingham Memorial Fountain, is a 1927 Grant Park landmark in Chicago, funded by Kate Buckingham, inspired by Versailles' Latona Basin, with a 150-foot center jet and hourly light and water displays.
Bucknowle
Bucknowle, Bucknowle Farm villa, Corfe Castle, Dorset: a Romano-British villa over Iron Age and earlier settlement, discovered 1975, excavated 1976-1991, published by Light and Ellis in 2009.
Buconica
Buconica, also given as Bouconica or Bonconica, was a Roman road-side settlement with a mansio on the Rhine Valley road between Mainz and Worms, near Nierstein in Rheinhessen.
Bucov (Ploieşti) Botanical Garden
Bucov (Ploieşti) Botanical Garden, Grădina Botanică Bucov, is a botanical garden in Bucov, Prahova County, Romania, opened in 2014 as a section of the Prahova County Museum of Natural Sciences, on about 15 ha with English, French, Italian, and alpine sections.
Budakeszi Arborétum
Budakeszi Arborétum, a Hungarian forest arboretum near Budakeszi, founded 1959 from 1949 Forestry Research Institute plantations; about 1,000 exotic conifer taxa, strictly protected since 1978, opened to the public in 2016, managed by Pilisi Parkerdő Zrt.
Budalia
Budalia was a Roman village in the province of Lower Pannonia, near Sirmium, best known to Roman historiography as the birthplace of the emperor Decius.
Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden
Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden (Fővárosi Állat- és Növénykert), opened 9 August 1866 in Budapest's City Park; Hungary's oldest and most-visited zoo, with 7,452 animals of 658 species, historic Kós buildings, and the Biodome Urban Oasis.
Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue
Budapest World Heritage Site (UNESCO, 1987; extended 2002) covering the Danube banks, Buda Castle Quarter, Andrássy Avenue, Heroes' Square, and the 1896 Millennium Underground, continental Europe's first metro, under criteria (ii) and (iv).
Buddhas of Bamiyan
The Buddhas of Bamiyan (د باميانو بودايي پژۍ) were two colossal standing Buddhas, 38 m and 55 m, carved in a cliff in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, dated 544–644 AD, and destroyed by the Taliban in March 2001.
Buddhism Garden
A Buddhism garden is a garden designed or planted around Buddhist meaning, spanning temple gardens, Zen dry landscapes, and modern contemplative gardens built on Buddhist themes.
Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi
Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi (Sanchi Stupa, Cetiyagiri), a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1989 in Madhya Pradesh, India: stupas, pillars, and monasteries from the 3rd century BCE to the 12th century CE, begun under Emperor Aśoka.
Buddhist Ruins of Takht-i-Bahi and Neighbouring City Remains at Sahr-i-Bahlol
Buddhist Ruins of Takht-i-Bahi and Sahr-i-Bahlol (Seri Bahlol), a UNESCO World Heritage site in Mardan, Pakistan, inscribed 1980: a 1st-century hilltop Gandharan monastery used until the 7th century, plus a Kushan fortified town 5 km away.
Budj Bim Cultural Landscape
Budj Bim Cultural Landscape, Gunditjmara Country, southwestern Victoria: UNESCO World Heritage site (2019) with a 6,600-year-old aquaculture system of stone channels, weirs and dams for harvesting kooyang eels.
Buenavista Biosphere Reserve
Buenavista Biosphere Reserve: UNESCO MAB site (designated 2000) on Cuba's northern coast across Villa Clara, Sancti Spíritus, and Ciego de Ávila provinces; 313,502 ha, 873 inventoried species, 176 endemics, and a Ramsar wetland since 2002.
Bueng Boraphet Aquarium
Bueng Boraphet Aquarium (อาคารแสดงพันธุ์สัตว์น้ำบึงบอระเพ็ด), Nakhon Sawan, Thailand: boat-shaped freshwater aquarium opened 5 December 2007 for King Bhumibol's 80th birthday, with a 24-meter fish tunnel, 100+ species, and crocodile shows; closed for renovation since June 2023.
Buenos Aires Japanese Gardens
Buenos Aires Japanese Gardens (Jardín Japonés), a 2.5-hectare Japanese-style garden in Palermo's Parque Tres de Febrero, inaugurated 17 May 1967 for Crown Prince Akihito's visit, redesigned by Yasuo Inomata, run by the Japanese Argentine Cultural Foundation.
Buffalo reserve
Buffalo reserve (Bivalyrezervátum, Kápolnapusztai Bivalyrezervátum) is a water buffalo visitor site at Kápolnapuszta, Hungary, in Kis-Balaton, Balaton-felvidéki National Park; founded 1992 with 16 cows, now over 200 buffalo, Hungary's largest herd.
Bugeac
Bugeac (Budjak) names a steppe region between the Prut, Danube and Black Sea in Moldova and Ukraine, plus a village and lake in Ostrov commune, Constanța, Romania, with Getic necropoles and a Roman fort.
Building B
Building B is an archaeological site label for a second identified structure, used for unrelated buildings: a Roman villa house at Hull Place, a pillar building at Göbekli Tepe, and others.
Bujang Valley
The Bujang Valley (Lembah Bujang) is a 224-square-kilometer archaeological area in Kedah, Malaysia, preserving Ancient Kedah, a trading port-polity with more than fifty ancient temples.
Buki Landscape and Temple Complex
Buki landscape and temple complex (Ландшафтно-храмовий комплекс "Буки"), a private park in Buki village, Kyiv Oblast, founded 1996 by Ivan Suslov on a former dump; temple complex by architect Yuriy Babych won the 2007 State Prize of Ukraine in Architecture.
Bukit Brown Cemetery
Bukit Brown Cemetery, also known as Kopi Sua, is a Chinese municipal cemetery in Singapore, opened in 1922 and closed to burials in 1973 with over 100,000 graves.