Like many of my age, I suspect, my introduction to Petra was via "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade", which used the iconic façade of the Treasury to represent a …
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
- 1
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Reviews by Jay T
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Kinderdijk (Inscribed)
Kinderdijk
The Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout was the Dutch World Heritage Site I was most excited to visit when I traveled to the Netherlands in the summer of 2014. When I …
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Jay T
27/08/17
Galapagos Islands (Inscribed)
Galapagos Islands
The Galápagos Islands are a nature-lovers dream, home to giant tortoises, iguanas, sea lions, penguins, flamingos, pelicans, Darwin's famed finches, frigates, and, my favorite, the blue-footed booby. And that's just …
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Jay T
13/08/17
Budapest (Inscribed)
Budapest
Budapest was my first foray into Eastern Europe beyond Russia, and it was an unforgettable city. I traveled to the city by train from Vienna with family and friends in …
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Jay T
06/08/17
Wet Tropics of Queensland (Inscribed)
Wet Tropics of Queensland
Lush, green rainforests carpet the low hills of the Wet Tropics of Queensland, which border the beaches, coastal towns, and agricultural fields of the northeast coast of Australia. When I …
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Jay T
23/07/17
Sangay National Park (Inscribed)
Sangay National Park
The road through Sangay National Park is a fait accompli, providing a quicker route to the Ecuadorian city of Macas, east of the Andes. I can't speak to the ecological …
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Jay T
16/07/17
Paris, Banks of the Seine (Inscribed)
Paris, Banks of the Seine
Perhaps the most surprising thing about the Paris, Banks of the Seine World Heritage Site, one of the most famous and visited sites in the world, is that 16 French …
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Jay T
09/07/17
Kremlin and Red Square (Inscribed)
Kremlin and Red Square
A visit to Moscow's Kremlin and Red Square provides great insight into Russia's past and present. The red brick walls of the Kremlin are familiar worldwide, housing not just the …
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Jay T
26/06/17
Great Barrier Reef (Inscribed)
Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is as impressive a natural wonder as its name suggests, a wonderland of marine life stretching almost 1400 miles along the northeast coast of Australia. When …
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Jay T
28/05/17
Brú na Bóinne (Inscribed)
Brú na Bóinne
Within an hour of leaving Dublin's international airport, my friends and I found ourselves within the beautifully bucolic Boyne River valley, home to the neolithic history encapsulated in the Brú …
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Jay T
14/05/17
Westminster (Inscribed)
Westminster
This is iconic London: the Palace of Westminster with its distinctive Tower of Big Ben, set against the River Thames, and the nearby Gothic Westminster Abbey, site of coronations and …
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Jay T
08/05/17
Sintra (Inscribed)
Sintra
I absolutely loved my visit to the town of Sintra in the mountains outside Lisbon, Portugal. Sure, the weather was grey and brisk, and my warm layers were packed away …
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Jay T
23/04/17
Palau de la Musica Catalana &… (Inscribed)
Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau
Sometimes when you travel with family or friends, you are limited in the amount of time you can spend visiting World Heritage Sites; accordingly, my visits to the Palau de …
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Jay T
09/04/17
Kew Gardens (Inscribed)
Kew Gardens
I should apologize to Kew Gardens that I ever associated it with The Avengers movie (not that one -- the other one you've tried to forget); apparently filming was done …
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Jay T
26/03/17
Göreme NP and Cappadocia (Inscribed)
Göreme NP and Cappadocia
Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia are a geologic wonderland, steeped in the history of the early Christian church. I visited Göreme National Park and the Derinkuyu …
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Jay T
19/03/17
Blenheim Palace (Inscribed)
Blenheim Palace
Blenheim Palace is a fine example of British architecture and landscaping, and as the ancestral home of the Dukes of Marlborough, is rich in Churchill family history. The Crown bestowed …
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Jay T
12/03/17
Wadi Rum (Inscribed)
Wadi Rum
My cousins highly recommended an overnight visit to Wadi Rum, so when I visited in March 2015, I doubled down and spent two nights in the Jordanian desert. I was …
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Jay T
05/03/17
Singapore Botanic Gardens (Inscribed)
Singapore Botanic Gardens
I had less than 24 hours in Singapore when I visited in September 2012, but there was no way I was going to miss the Singapore Botanic Gardens. Accordingly, early …
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Jay T
26/02/17
Old City of Jerusalem (Inscribed)
Old City of Jerusalem
O Jerusalem -- a city revered and fought over through the centuries by armies from three faiths, and which struggles today to find peace and stability amongst its diverse residents. …
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Jay T
19/02/17
Jesuit Missions of the Guaran… (Inscribed)
Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis
One year ago on a snowy night I watched the 1986 movie "The Mission", which covers historical events that affected the Jesuit Missions of the Guaranís in much warmer South …
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Jay T
12/02/17
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