When I visited the castles in Bellinzona a little over a week ago, there was a UNESCO exhibit in one of the rooms allowing visitors to vote for their favorite …
Jay T
United States of America \ Member since October 2015
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It's a magical world, Hobbes, ol' buddy... Let's go exploring!
My most impressive site: Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
My proposal for a new site: Badlands National Park: A North American Prairie
Recent Visits
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30Nov. 28, 2025France 2025: Champagne, Nancy, Reims
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110Nov. 2, 2025UAE Meet-up: Al Bidya Mosque, Dhayah, Ed-Dur Site ...
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121Sept. 21, 2025Switzerland 2025: Abbey of St Gall, Bellinzone, Caves and Ice Age Art ...
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Completed Countries
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Bahrain
- Belgium
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Estonia
- Holy See
- Israel
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Moldova
- Morocco
- Qatar
About Jay T
- Member since
- October 2015
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
Visits
- Rank
- #114
- WHS
- 358
- Tentative Sites
- 86
Website Participation
- Reviews
- 181
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Ratings
Ratings
World Heritage Sites
- Venice and its Lagoon 5.0
- Old City of Jerusalem 5.0
- Machu Picchu 5.0
- Iguazu National Park 5.0
- Rome 5.0
- Iguacu 5.0
- Edinburgh 5.0
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 5.0
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park – Maputo NP 5.0
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 5.0
- Istanbul 5.0
- St. Petersburg 5.0
- Uluru 5.0
- Grand Canyon 5.0
- Great Barrier Reef 5.0
- Petra 5.0
- Yosemite National Park 5.0
- Rapa Nui 5.0
- Mesa Verde 5.0
- Waterton Glacier International Peace Park 5.0
- Giant's Causeway 4.5
- Versailles 4.5
- Galapagos Islands 4.5
- Lake Baikal 4.5
- Yellowstone 4.5
- Gros Morne National Park 4.5
- Göreme NP and Cappadocia 4.5
- Vatican City 4.5
- Hawaii Volcanoes 4.5
- Valletta 4.5
- Nikko 4.5
- Archaeological Site of Delphi 4.5
- Acropolis 4.5
- Prague 4.5
- Wadi Rum 4.5
- Redwood 4.5
- Toledo 4.5
- Pompei 4.5
- Mont-Saint-Michel 4.5
- Everglades 4.5
- Burgos Cathedral 4.0
- Sintra 4.0
- Dinosaur Provincial Park 4.0
- Ironbridge Gorge 4.0
- Singapore Botanic Gardens 4.0
- Westminster 4.0
- Plantin-Moretus Museum 4.0
- Independence Hall 4.0
- Route of Santiago de Compostela 4.0
- Brugge 4.0
- White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal 4.0
- Tower of London 4.0
- Huascaran National Park 4.0
- Thingvellir 4.0
- Québec 4.0
- L'Anse aux Meadows 4.0
- La Fortaleza and San Juan 4.0
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch 4.0
- Skocjan Caves 4.0
- Hierapolis-Pamukkale 4.0
- Ephesus 4.0
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum 4.0
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 4.0
- Provins 4.0
- Zacatecas 4.0
- Kremlin and Red Square 4.0
- Rhodes 4.0
- Segovia 4.0
- Olympic National Park 4.0
- Vienna 4.0
- Salzburg 4.0
- Schönbrunn 4.0
- Budapest 4.0
- Etruscan Necropolises 4.0
- Carlsbad Caverns 4.0
- Quito 4.0
- Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona 4.0
- Bamberg 4.0
- Costiera Amalfitana 4.0
- Siena 4.0
- Florence 4.0
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 4.0
- Kinderdijk 4.0
- Rietveld Schröderhuis 4.0
- Statue of Liberty 4.0
- Tongariro National Park 4.0
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley 4.0
- Dorset and East Devon Coast 4.0
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape 3.5
- Ibiza 3.5
- Olympia 3.5
- Kew Gardens 3.5
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 3.5
- Australian Convict Sites 3.5
- Brú na Bóinne 3.5
- Split 3.5
- Grand Place, Brussels 3.5
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire 3.5
- Speyer Cathedral 3.5
- Las Medulas 3.5
- Neolithic Orkney 3.5
- Historic Cairo 3.5
- Gulf of Porto 3.5
- Würzburg Residence 3.5
- Santo Domingo 3.5
- SGang Gwaay 3.5
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 3.5
- San Marino and Mount Titano 3.5
- Wet Tropics of Queensland 3.0
- Gwynedd Castles 3.0
- Potsdam 3.0
- Santiago de Compostela 3.0
- Naples 3.0
- El Escurial 3.0
- Mount Etna 3.0
- Roman Walls of Lugo 3.0
- New Lanark 3.0
- Camino Real 3.0
- Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca 3.0
- Botanical Garden, Padua 3.0
- Tower of Hercules 3.0
- Villa d'Este 3.0
- Valparaiso 3.0
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3.0
- Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi 3.0
- Great Smoky Mountains 3.0
- Grand Pré 3.0
- Monticello 3.0
- San Antonio Missions 3.0
- Jodrell Bank Observatory 3.0
- The Pleistocene Occupation Sites of South Africa 3.0
- Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis 3.0
- Flemish Béguinages 3.0
- Morne Trois Pitons 3.0
- Pitons Management Area 3.0
- Belem 3.0
- Ayutthaya 3.0
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump 3.0
- Al Ain 3.0
- Greater Blue Mountains 3.0
- Colonia del Sacramento 2.5
- Novodevichy Convent 2.5
- Turaif Quarter 2.5
- Forth Bridge 2.5
- Biblical Tells 2.5
- Blenheim Palace 2.5
- Sangay National Park 2.5
- Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" 2.5
- Quseir Amra 2.5
- Um er-Rasas 2.5
- Cahokia Mounds 2.5
- Tombs of Buganda Kings 2.5
- Poverty Point 2.5
- Venetian Works of Defence 2.5
- Vizcaya Bridge 2.5
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape 2.5
- Royal Exhibition Building 2.5
- Fortifications of Vauban 2.5
- Lima 2.5
- White City of Tel-Aviv 2.5
- Kotor 2.5
- Skogskyrkogarden 2.5
- Dutch Water Defence Lines 2.5
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 2.5
- Moravian Church Settlements 2.5
- Antigua Naval Dockyard 2.5
- Rideau Canal 2.5
- Luis Barragán House and Studio 2.5
- Popocatepetl monasteries 2.5
- Old Town Lunenburg 2.5
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 2.0
- Joggins Fossil Cliffs 2.0
- Belfries 2.0
- Aranjuez 2.0
- Miguasha National Park 2.0
- Evora 2.0
- Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque 2.0
- Stoclet House 1.0
Tentative Sites
- Civil Rights Movement Sites
- Pharaonic temples in Upper Egypt
- Early Medieval Benedictine settlements
- Auckland Volcanic Fields
- California Current Conservation Complex
- White Sands National Monument
- Jerash Archaeological City
- Early Chicago Skyscrapers
- Gwaii Haanas
- Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
- Mt. Elgon
- Rade de Marseille
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- Locations
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- Zones
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Reviews by Jay T
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Provins (Inscribed)
Provins
Provins was inscribed as a World Heritage Site for its role as an early trade fair town dating back to the 11th century, so I figured the best way to …
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Jay T
06/07/25
Civil Rights Movement Sites (Nominated)
Civil Rights Movement Sites
Now that the list of components for the US Civil Rights Movement Sites Tentative World Heritage Site nomination has filled out, I figured I should write about some of the …
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Jay T
17/02/25
The Pleistocene Occupation Si… (Inscribed)
The Pleistocene Occupation Sites of South Africa
It took me until my second visit to Mossel Bay, but I was finally able to visit Pinnacle Point, one of the three components of The Emergence of Modern Human …
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Jay T
05/02/25
Mt. Elgon (On tentative list)
Mt. Elgon
The Mount Elgon Transboundary Ecosystem in Uganda was brought forward to the Tentative World Heritage Site list in 2024. The region is part of the Eastern Afromontane biodiversity hotspot, which …
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Jay T
18/01/25
Prague (Inscribed)
Prague
A lot has been written about Prague, and rightly so -- it is a world-class city, with a rich history and fascinating architecture on display. The Castle District has amazing …
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Jay T
07/01/25
Okefenokee National Wildlife … (Nominated)
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
Okefenokee, the land of trembling earth. Or perhaps etymologically, "bubbling water". Either origin describes this swamp well -- a land of peat and springs which serves as the headwaters for …
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Jay T
21/10/24
Jodrell Bank Observatory (Inscribed)
Jodrell Bank Observatory
I couldn't very well leave 2023 on an odd number of World Heritage Sites, so I took my car out for a two and a half hour drive today to …
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Jay T
17/01/24
Redwood (Inscribed)
Redwood
O Mammutbaum, o Mammutbaum! How towering are your branches. The giant redwoods are truly majestic trees, and the Redwood National and State Parks in California are a superb location to …
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Jay T
13/01/23
Gwaii Haanas (On tentative list)
Gwaii Haanas
Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site, located on the southern islands of Haida Gwaii, is a proposed extension to SG̱ang Gwaay, a World Heritage Site marking the …
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Jay T
15/10/22
SGang Gwaay (Inscribed)
SGang Gwaay
The poles are still standing. It has been over fifteen years since the last review of SG̱ang Gwaay, but the remarkably carved memorial and mortuary poles that led to this …
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Jay T
22/09/22
Moravian Church Settlements (Inscribed)
Moravian Church Settlements
I know much has been written about Christiansfeld already, but I don't yet see a review from the perspective of one who has visited a component of the proposed extension …
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Jay T
10/08/22
Skogskyrkogarden (Inscribed)
Skogskyrkogarden
I suppose I should thank Haruki Murakami for putting the tune Norwegian Wood in my head when I visited Skogskyrkogården last month. Nevermind the fact that I was actually in …
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Jay T
28/07/22
Santo Domingo (Inscribed)
Santo Domingo
One of the best parts about travel is learning history from other perspectives. In US history books, Sir Francis Drake is generally viewed favorably for his role as an explorer …
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Jay T
12/01/22
Zacatecas (Inscribed)
Zacatecas
The Historic Centre of Zacatecas was a delight, and the highlight of my November trip through central Mexico. Zacatecas takes a bit of planning to reach, but it was well …
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Jay T
04/01/22
Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi (Inscribed)
Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi
Duly vaccinated and tested, I made my first foray out of the country last Saturday on a day trip to Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi, the only World Heritage Site in southern …
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Jay T
27/09/21
Moravian Church Settlements (Inscribed)
Moravian Church Settlements
Almost 300 years ago a group of German Protestant missionaries in North America were granted land in the wooded Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania, west of New York City and north …
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Jay T
07/05/21
Cahokia Mounds (Inscribed)
Cahokia Mounds
It's rather striking to compare and contrast the first two US World Heritage Sites dedicated to pre-Columbian North American civilizations. Mesa Verde, in the American Southwest, retains impressive adobe structures …
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Jay T
02/01/21
Yellowstone (Inscribed)
Yellowstone
In 1806 when the Lewis and Clark expedition returned through what is now the state of Montana, one of its members broke off early to continue exploring, and encountered what …
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Jay T
05/11/20
Valparaiso (Inscribed)
Valparaiso
The Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaiso has seen better days, and now seems just an echo reminding visitors of its heady history as an important stop for …
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Jay T
14/08/20
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