Alex Baranda Profile
I'm a nerd by day, but my passion is photography and travel. I'm currently based in San Jose, California. I was born in the Philippines, but my family immigrated to Louisiana when I was a teen. In 2004, I relocated to California for a job opportunity. I worked quite a bit, so I decided to learn photography to have a reason to explore California (and take photos). Technically, my first UNESCO World Heritage Site is the Statue of Liberty, which I visited in New York during my college years. But since my photography hobby, my first is Yosemite National Park, which I have visited more than I can count. I got into the UNESCO World Heritage Sites because of my sister and cousins. They've always posted on social media that they've checked off a site. So here I am with 164 sites (currently), trying to keep up with them. Last year, I was in a group photography show at a local art gallery featuring some of my UNESCO World Heritage Site photos.
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Profile Data
- Name
- Alex Baranda
- Country
- United States
- Ranking
- 444
- Most Impressive
- Galapagos Islands
- Proposal
- Chefchaouen
- Website
- website
Recently Visited WHS
- Update 04.06.25
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- Gulf of California
- Luis Barragán House and Studio
- Xochicalco
- Hospicio Cabañas
- Querétaro
- Popocatepetl monasteries
- Morelia
- Guanajuato
- Puebla
- Mexico City and Xochimilco
- Teotihuacan
- Lenggong Valley
- Melaka and George Town
- Vilnius
- Riga
- Luang Prabang
- Fujisan
- Nikko
- Ancient Kyoto
- Sceilg Mhichíl
- Brú na Bóinne
- Thingvellir
- Vatnajökull National Park
- Budapest
- Antigua Guatemala
- Tikal National Park
- Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley
- ShUM Sites
- Lower German Limes
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust
- Cologne Cathedral
- Nice
- Taputapuātea
- Decorated cave of Pont d'Arc
- Fortifications of Vauban
- Lyon
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
- Pont du Gard
- Avignon
- Paris, Banks of the Seine
- Arles
- Orange
- Fontainebleau
- Versailles
- Mont-Saint-Michel
- Fortress of Suomenlinna
- Tallinn
- Joya de Ceren
- Quito
- Galapagos Islands
- Roskilde Cathedral
- Kronborg Castle
- Prague
- Viñales Valley
- Old Havana
- Plitvice Lakes
- Split
- Dubrovnik
- Venetian Works of Defence
- Cartagena
- Macao
- Rideau Canal
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
- Québec
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
- Glacier parks
- Dinosaur Provincial Park
- Sambor Prei Kuk
- Preah Vihear Temple
- Angkor
- Stoclet House
- Major Town Houses
- Grand Place, Brussels
- Struve Geodetic Arc
- Danube Limes
- Trang An
- Citadel of the Ho Dynasty
- Thang Long
- Phong Nha - Ke Bang
- My Son
- Hoi An
- Hué
- Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago
- Hopewell
- Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings
- San Antonio Missions
- Poverty Point
- Grand Canyon
- Carlsbad Caverns
- Taos Pueblo
- Monticello
- Hawaii Volcanoes
- Chaco Culture
- Yosemite National Park
- Statue of Liberty
- Great Smoky Mountains
- Cahokia Mounds
- Olympic National Park
- Mammoth Cave
- Redwood
- Independence Hall
- Everglades
- Yellowstone
- Mesa Verde
- Forth Bridge
- Kew Gardens
- New Lanark
- Maritime Greenwich
- Edinburgh
- Tower of London
- City of Bath
- Westminster
- Stonehenge
- Giant's Causeway
- Dong Phayayen
- Sukhothai
- Ayutthaya
- Kilimanjaro National Park
- Serengeti
- Ngorongoro
- Stone Town of Zanzibar
- Abbey of St Gall
- Skogskyrkogarden
- Drottningholm
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau
- Works of Antoni Gaudí
- Singapore Botanic Gardens
- Royal Joseon Tombs
- Belem
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines
- Auschwitz Birkenau
- Kraków
- Warsaw
- Panamá
- Portobelo-San Lorenzo
- Bryggen
- Te Wahipounamu
- Van Nellefabriek
- Amsterdam Canal Ring
- Rietveld Schröderhuis
- Dutch Water Defence Lines
- Kinderdijk
- Bagan
- Pyu Ancient Cities
- Volubilis
- Meknes
- Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou
- Medina of Marrakesh
- Medina of Fez
- Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque
- San Miguel de Allende
- Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
- Central University City Campus of the UNAM
- Tequila
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings
- Vienna
- Great Spa Towns of Europe
- Hallstatt-Dachstein
- Schönbrunn
- Salzburg
- Sydney Opera House
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
10 Best Missing
Reviewed WHS
Visited TWHS
- Ancient cities of Upper Myanmar : Innwa, Amarapura, Sagaing, Mingun, Mandalay (T)
- Beng Malea Temple (T)
- Big Bend National Park (T)
- Brooklyn Bridge (T)
- California Current Conservation Complex (T)
- Central Park (T)
- Church of Santa Prisca and its Surroundings (T)
- Civil Rights Movement Sites (T)
- Coron Island Natural Biotic Area (T)
- Dayton Aviation Sites (T)
- Early Chicago Skyscrapers (T)
- Ellis Island (T)
- Inle Lake (T)
- Jozani - Chwaka Bay Conservation Area (T)
- Kornati and Telašćica (T)
- Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (Monaco) (T)
- Les Plages du Débarquement, Normandie, 1944 (T)
- Monuments, Sites and Cultural Landscape of Chiang Mai, Capital of Lanna (T)
- Moulay Idriss Zerhoun (T)
- Mrauk-U (T)
- Phnom Kulen: Archeological Site/Ancient Site of Mahendraparvata (T)
- Phra Prang of Wat Arun Ratchawararam: The Masterpiece of Krung Rattanakosin (T)
- Rade de Marseille (T)
- Shwedagon Pagoda on Singuttara Hill (T)
- The Royal Sites of Ireland: Cashel, Dún Ailinne, Hill of Uisneach, Rathcroghan Complex, and Tara Complex (T)
- White Sands National Monument (T)
- Zadar - Episcopal complex (T)
Reviewed TWHS