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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Name
Alex Baranda
Country
United States
Ranking
444
Most Impressive
Galapagos Islands
Proposal
Chefchaouen
Website
website

Recently Visited WHS

Update 04.06.25
  • 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
  • 7 Countries Complete

    El Salvador . Estonia . Ireland . Moldova . Myanmar . Singapore . Viet Nam .

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