Travel book lists endangered places and landmarks

See them while you can: They include the last of their kind, unique landmarks, places threatened by rising or falling seas or development, and homes for species or phenomena that may not last forever.

These are some of the things you’ll find in “Frommer’s 500 Places to See Before They Disappear” ($19.99), published by New Jersey-based Wiley’s.

The book features natural and historic sites, from ancient places of worship, to disappearing landscapes, to one-of-a-kind cultural treasures like Boston’s Fenway Park, one of America’s last original ballparks.

The list includes Fraser Island, Australia, made entirely of sand and threatened by rising sea levels; the Grove of Osun-Osogbo, a sacred primeval forest in Nigeria and UNESCO heritage site; the Dead Sea in Israel, where water levels have been dropping; Willow Creek Preserve in Oregon, home to Fender’s blue butterflies, a species once thought to be extinct; and the chestnut tree that Anne Frank gazed upon while hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam. The tree has a fungal disease, but work has been undertaken to preserve it.

Associated Press