Vatican City is an architectural wonder, a theocracy, a rich repository of art and literature, and the center of the Catholic church; there is a lot packed into the world's …
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
- 178 12
- Locations
- 14
- Zones
- 1
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Reviews by Jay T
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Salzburg (Inscribed)
Salzburg
The geographer Alexander von Humboldt (perhaps apocryphally) thought highly enough of Salzburg to consider it one of the three most beautiful regions on Earth that he'd seen. After visiting Salzburg …
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Jay T
24/07/16
Novodevichy Convent (Inscribed)
Novodevichy Convent
The grounds of Novodevichy Convent are so serene you can almost forget you are in the middle of Russia's largest city. The convent was built by the Grand Prince of …
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Jay T
10/07/16
Iguazu National Park (Inscribed)
Iguazu National Park
Pictures can't do justice to Iguazu Falls -- you have to visit to fully experience the sound, the mist, the utter immensity of these waterfalls. After my visit in March …
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Jay T
03/07/16
Evora (Inscribed)
Evora
I'm not sure I saw Évora at its best, since I visited on a cool, rainy autumn day in 2012, but I was impressed with the Roman monuments and Portuguese …
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Jay T
26/06/16
Ancient Thebes (Inscribed)
Ancient Thebes
The temples and monuments of Ancient Thebes, including the tombs in the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens, are a must-see for anyone interested in Egyptian …
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Jay T
19/06/16
Um er-Rasas (Inscribed)
Um er-Rasas
Of the four inscribed Jordanian World Heritage Sites I visited in spring 2015, Um er-Rasas was the one for which I had the least expectations, but I'm glad I went …
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Jay T
12/06/16
Rome (Inscribed)
Rome
Rome is a world-class city full of architectural wonders, as well as my favorite Italian gastronomic delight -- gelato. After spending hours in the sun touring the Colosseum and the …
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Jay T
05/06/16
New Lanark (Inscribed)
New Lanark
I went to New Lanark expecting to see a mill town similar to those I'd seen in the eastern United States, and I was not disappointed when I visited in …
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Jay T
25/05/16
Iguacu (Inscribed)
Iguacu
I'd heard that Iguaçu National Park in Brazil offered the best views of Iguazu Falls, and the park did not disappoint. All visitors must ride a bus from the park …
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Jay T
08/05/16
Everglades (Inscribed)
Everglades
Everglades National Park just made it into this site's Top 200 (or more accurately 208) list, and I'm glad it got that recognition, since it is one of my favorite …
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Jay T
01/05/16
Australian Convict Sites (Inscribed)
Australian Convict Sites
The Australian Convict Sites are a testament to the significant role British prisoners made in shaping the country. Intrigued by Australian history, I visited two of these sites in June …
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Jay T
24/04/16
Upper Middle Rhine Valley (Inscribed)
Upper Middle Rhine Valley
Some of the best German memories I have are from the day I spent traveling through the Upper Middle Rhine Valley by boat between St Goar and Bacharach. The Rhine …
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Jay T
17/04/16
Royal Exhibition Building (Inscribed)
Royal Exhibition Building
Australia has many iconic sites that have become World Heritage Sites: the Great Barrier Reef, Uluru, the Sydney Opera House; and then it has the much lesser known Royal Exhibition …
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Jay T
10/04/16
Nikko (Inscribed)
Nikko
Nikko is an enchanting complex of temples, shrines, and gardens idyllically located in mountains north of Tokyo. The site is located within Nikko National Park, which is an easy day …
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Jay T
03/04/16
Istanbul (Inscribed)
Istanbul
Istanbul was Constantinople, now it's Istanbul not Constantinople, and I have to say the city is just about as addictive as the song. I visited Istanbul twice on a trip …
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Jay T
30/03/16
Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Inscribed)
Frontiers of the Roman Empire
The Antonine Wall in Scotland, constructed almost 1900 years ago, was the northernmost Roman barrier in Europe, and became the newest extension to the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World …
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Jay T
10/03/16
Amsterdam Canal Ring (Inscribed)
Amsterdam Canal Ring
I really wish the Netherlands had made it to the World Cup Final in 2014, because that would have made my visit to Amsterdam and its canal ring even more …
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Jay T
07/03/16
Uluru (Inscribed)
Uluru
Uluru is one of the iconic symbols of Australia, and for good reason. This desert monolith in the center of the continent is as awe-inspiring as pictures suggest, and I …
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Jay T
28/02/16
Rietveld Schröderhuis (Inscribed)
Rietveld Schröderhuis
I'm glad the Rietveld Schröder House is a World Heritage Site because not only is it an impressive piece of architecture, it also introduced me to the wonderful city of …
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Jay T
21/02/16
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