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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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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30Aug. 16, 2025Belgium 2025: Mining Sites of Wallonia, Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes, Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai
Top 10 Missing
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
- #115
- WHS
- 355
- Tentative Sites
- 86
Website Participation
- Reviews
- 181
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Ratings
Ratings
World Heritage Sites
- Istanbul 5.0
- Waterton Glacier International Peace Park 5.0
- Uluru 5.0
- Rapa Nui 5.0
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 5.0
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park – Maputo NP 5.0
- Iguazu National Park 5.0
- St. Petersburg 5.0
- Machu Picchu 5.0
- Iguacu 5.0
- Rome 5.0
- Grand Canyon 5.0
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 5.0
- Venice and its Lagoon 5.0
- Old City of Jerusalem 5.0
- Mesa Verde 5.0
- Yosemite National Park 5.0
- Edinburgh 5.0
- Great Barrier Reef 5.0
- Petra 5.0
- Acropolis 4.5
- Valletta 4.5
- Gros Morne National Park 4.5
- Göreme NP and Cappadocia 4.5
- Galapagos Islands 4.5
- Toledo 4.5
- Mont-Saint-Michel 4.5
- Yellowstone 4.5
- Everglades 4.5
- Prague 4.5
- Versailles 4.5
- Pompei 4.5
- Redwood 4.5
- Vatican City 4.5
- Giant's Causeway 4.5
- Lake Baikal 4.5
- Wadi Rum 4.5
- Nikko 4.5
- Archaeological Site of Delphi 4.5
- Hawaii Volcanoes 4.5
- Skocjan Caves 4.0
- Siena 4.0
- Costiera Amalfitana 4.0
- Rhodes 4.0
- Ironbridge Gorge 4.0
- Westminster 4.0
- Tower of London 4.0
- Kremlin and Red Square 4.0
- White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal 4.0
- Huascaran National Park 4.0
- Tongariro National Park 4.0
- Zacatecas 4.0
- Budapest 4.0
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 4.0
- Florence 4.0
- Quito 4.0
- Singapore Botanic Gardens 4.0
- Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona 4.0
- Hierapolis-Pamukkale 4.0
- Plantin-Moretus Museum 4.0
- Sintra 4.0
- Segovia 4.0
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 4.0
- Etruscan Necropolises 4.0
- Thingvellir 4.0
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley 4.0
- Dorset and East Devon Coast 4.0
- Salzburg 4.0
- Schönbrunn 4.0
- Rietveld Schröderhuis 4.0
- Independence Hall 4.0
- Olympic National Park 4.0
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch 4.0
- Provins 4.0
- La Fortaleza and San Juan 4.0
- Statue of Liberty 4.0
- Vienna 4.0
- Carlsbad Caverns 4.0
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum 4.0
- Ephesus 4.0
- Bamberg 4.0
- Burgos Cathedral 4.0
- Québec 4.0
- Brugge 4.0
- Route of Santiago de Compostela 4.0
- Dinosaur Provincial Park 4.0
- Kinderdijk 4.0
- L'Anse aux Meadows 4.0
- Olympia 3.5
- Grand Place, Brussels 3.5
- Speyer Cathedral 3.5
- Würzburg Residence 3.5
- Santo Domingo 3.5
- Ibiza 3.5
- Las Medulas 3.5
- Brú na Bóinne 3.5
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire 3.5
- Neolithic Orkney 3.5
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 3.5
- Split 3.5
- Historic Cairo 3.5
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 3.5
- Gulf of Porto 3.5
- SGang Gwaay 3.5
- Kew Gardens 3.5
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape 3.5
- San Marino and Mount Titano 3.5
- Australian Convict Sites 3.5
- Ayutthaya 3.0
- Naples 3.0
- Botanical Garden, Padua 3.0
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump 3.0
- Santiago de Compostela 3.0
- El Escurial 3.0
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3.0
- Potsdam 3.0
- Morne Trois Pitons 3.0
- Monticello 3.0
- Great Smoky Mountains 3.0
- Villa d'Este 3.0
- New Lanark 3.0
- Greater Blue Mountains 3.0
- Wet Tropics of Queensland 3.0
- Valparaiso 3.0
- Pitons Management Area 3.0
- Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis 3.0
- Roman Walls of Lugo 3.0
- Belem 3.0
- Jodrell Bank Observatory 3.0
- Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi 3.0
- Tower of Hercules 3.0
- The Pleistocene Occupation Sites of South Africa 3.0
- Camino Real 3.0
- Al Ain 3.0
- Grand Pré 3.0
- Mount Etna 3.0
- San Antonio Missions 3.0
- Flemish Béguinages 3.0
- Gwynedd Castles 3.0
- Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca 3.0
- Kotor 2.5
- Um er-Rasas 2.5
- Novodevichy Convent 2.5
- Popocatepetl monasteries 2.5
- Lima 2.5
- Luis Barragán House and Studio 2.5
- Poverty Point 2.5
- Sangay National Park 2.5
- Biblical Tells 2.5
- Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" 2.5
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape 2.5
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 2.5
- Tombs of Buganda Kings 2.5
- Moravian Church Settlements 2.5
- Cahokia Mounds 2.5
- Skogskyrkogarden 2.5
- Forth Bridge 2.5
- White City of Tel-Aviv 2.5
- Venetian Works of Defence 2.5
- Royal Exhibition Building 2.5
- Colonia del Sacramento 2.5
- Quseir Amra 2.5
- Antigua Naval Dockyard 2.5
- Vizcaya Bridge 2.5
- Rideau Canal 2.5
- Fortifications of Vauban 2.5
- Old Town Lunenburg 2.5
- Dutch Water Defence Lines 2.5
- Blenheim Palace 2.5
- Turaif Quarter 2.5
- Belfries 2.0
- Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque 2.0
- Joggins Fossil Cliffs 2.0
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 2.0
- Miguasha National Park 2.0
- Aranjuez 2.0
- Evora 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
- 14
- 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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