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Dorset and East Devon Coast

Jay T USA - 07-Aug-19

I would love to say it was highbrow literature that made me excited to visit England's Dorset and East Devon Coast in May of 2018, but On Chesil Beach just wasn't that inspiring to me. Instead, it was the BBC's excellent television production of Broadchurch that brought me to West Bay, Dorset, next to the iconic cliffs of the Jurassic Coast which formed the backdrop for the murder mystery. After visiting the scene of the crime (as well as the fictional Wessex police department), I hiked up and down the beach admiring the towering sandstone bluff while listening to the waves crashing in, before ascending the hill and hiking east along the clifftops. It is easy to see why this has been labeled an "Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty" in the UK

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Burgos Cathedral

Jay T USA - 31-Jul-19

Burgos Cathedral was probably my favorite of the many cathedrals I saw on my trip to Spain this past May. The bright vaulted openness of the interior, and the exquisite design of its aisles and chapels made for a memorable visit. I was glad I went on a quiet weekday afternoon, since there were few visitors to distract as I wandered around staring at walls and ceilings. The cathedral offers an audio tour, which I recommend, since it helps give context to the Gothic and Rennaissance influences in the cathedral's architecture, such as the beautiful Chapel del Constable and the Golden Staircase, which serves to connect the main floor of the cathedral to the elevated street behind the cathedral

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Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque

Jay T USA - 17-Jul-19

It's not that aqueducts aren't impressive, but I have much stronger memories of my conversation with my taxi driver on the way to and from the Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque Hydraulic System in January 2017 than I have of the actual aqueduct itself. After my visit, I'm still not sure exactly what it adds to the list. The Romans were constructing aqueducts with skill across Europe (see Segovia) many centuries before the technique was brought to the Western Hemisphere; I'd be more impressed with recognizing indigenous water management techniques. What constitutes the importance of this aqueduct to UNESCO, though, is the use of adobe, an adaptation of local building techniques, which enabled the construction of the picturesque span over the valley near Tepeyahualco

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Vizcaya Bridge

Jay T USA - 03-Jul-19

Bilbao has much to be proud of with its renovated downtown, full of modern architecture designed by the likes of Frank Gehry, Arata Isozaki, Santiago Calatrava, and Norman Foster; however, it is a work of architecture from the late 19th century that has given Bilbao its only World Heritage Site. I didn't meet many tourists in Bilbao who knew of the Vizcaya Bridge, although it is understandable since the bridge is located north of downtown, at the mouth of the Nervion River. In 1893, Spanish architect Alberto Palacio, with his brother Silvestre, completed this remarkable bridge, using an iron superstructure to move a hanging platform between the settlements of Getxo and Portugalete, replacing the ferries that previously carried workers and residents across the river

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Statue of Liberty

Jay T USA - 26-Jun-19

The Statue of Liberty is one of the most recognizable World Heritage Sites in the world, and the only World Heritage Site I have ever seen someone emulate in costume (whether in Times Square or on US street corners in spring hawking tax preparation services). I've often seen the statue in New York harbor passing by or through New York City, but the only time I visited the statue was on Leap Day 2008. It's hard to appreciate the size of the statue until actually visiting Liberty Island and walking around the base. I didn't have tickets to climb the statue, but I did get a ticket for the pedestal and the museum inside, which I enjoyed (the old museum has since been replaced by a new one that opened in May this year)

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Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 5

Edinburgh 5

Grand Canyon 5

Great Barrier Reef 5

Iguacu 5

Iguazu National Park 5

Istanbul 5

Mesa Verde 5

Old City of Jerusalem 5

Paris, Banks of the Seine 5

Petra 5

Rome 5

St. Petersburg 5

Uluru 5

Venice and its Lagoon 5

Waterton Glacier International Peace Park 5

Yosemite National Park 5

Acropolis 4.5

Everglades 4.5

Galapagos Islands 4.5

Gros Morne National Park 4.5

Göreme NP 4.5

Hawaii Volcanoes 4.5

Lake Baikal 4.5

Mont-Saint-Michel 4.5

Nikko 4.5

Pompei 4.5

Vatican City 4.5

Versailles 4.5

Wadi Rum 4.5

Yellowstone 4.5

Amsterdam Canal Ring 4

Brugge 4

Budapest 4

Burgos Cathedral 4

Costiera Amalfitana 4

Dinosaur Provincial Park 4

Dorset and East Devon Coast 4

Ephesus 4

Florence 4

Hierapolis-Pamukkale 4

Huascaran National Park 4

Independence Hall 4

Ironbridge Gorge 4

Kinderdijk 4

Kremlin and Red Square 4

L'Anse aux Meadows 4

La Fortaleza 4

Plantin-Moretus Museum 4

Quito 4

Québec 4

Rietveld Schröderhuis 4

Route of Santiago de Compostela 4

Salzburg 4

Schönbrunn 4

Siena 4

Singapore Botanic Gardens 4

Sintra 4

Skocjan Caves 4

Statue of Liberty 4

Thingvellir 4

Tongariro National Park 4

Tower of London 4

Upper Middle Rhine Valley 4

Vienna 4

Westminster 4

White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal 4

Works of Antoni Gaudí 4

Australian Convict Sites 3.5

Brú na Bóinne 3.5

Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape 3.5

Frontiers of the Roman Empire 3.5

Grand Place, Brussels 3.5

Ibiza 3.5

Kew Gardens 3.5

Las Medulas 3.5

Olympia 3.5

Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 3.5

San Marino and Mount Titano 3.5

Speyer Cathedral 3.5

Split 3.5

Vicenza 3.5

Al Ain 3

Ayutthaya 3

Belem 3

Botanical Garden, Padua 3

Camino Real 3

Flemish Béguinages 3

Grand Pré 3

Great Smoky Mountains 3

Greater Blue Mountains 3

Gwynedd Castles 3

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump 3

Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis 3

Monticello 3

Morne Trois Pitons 3

Naples 3

Pitons Management Area 3

San Antonio Missions 3

Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca 3

Wet Tropics of Queensland 3

Antigua Naval Dockyard 2.5

Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" 2.5

Biblical Tells 2.5

Blaenavon Industrial Landscape 2.5

Blenheim Palace 2.5

Cahokia Mounds 2.5

Colonia del Sacramento 2.5

Defence Line of Amsterdam 2.5

Forth Bridge 2.5

Fortifications of Vauban 2.5

Kotor 2.5

Novodevichy Convent 2.5

Old Town Lunenburg 2.5

Poverty Point 2.5

Quseir Amra 2.5

Rideau Canal 2.5

Royal Exhibition Building 2.5

Sangay National Park 2.5

Tombs of Buganda Kings 2.5

Turaif Quarter 2.5

Um er-Rasas 2.5

Venetian Works of Defence 2.5

Vizcaya Bridge 2.5

White City of Tel-Aviv 2.5

Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque 2

Belfries 2

Evora 2

Joggins Fossil Cliffs 2

Miguasha Park 2

Palau de la Musica Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau 2

Altamira Cave

Ancient Thebes

Aranjuez

Asturian Monuments

Avila

Bamberg

Canterbury

Caral-Supe

Central University City Campus of the UNAM

Chaco Culture

Chavin

City of Bath

City of Luxembourg

Cuzco

Dubrovnik

El Escurial

Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings

Giant's Causeway

Historic Cairo

Lima

Luis Barragán House and Studio

Machu Picchu

Major Town Houses

Mammoth Cave

Margravial Opera House

Maritime Greenwich

Masada

Maulbronn Monastery

Medici Villas and Gardens

Melaka and George Town

Mexico City and Xochimilco

Museumsinsel (Museum Island)

Neolithic Orkney

New Lanark

Nubian Monuments

Olympic National Park

Popocatepetl monasteries

Potsdam

Primeval Beech Forests

Puebla

Pyramids (Memphis)

Qhapaq Ñan

Redwood

Regensburg

Roman Walls of Lugo

Santiago de Compostela

Segovia

Stoclet House

Stonehenge

Strasbourg

Sydney Opera House

Taos Pueblo

Teotihuacan

Toledo

Tower of Hercules

Trogir

Würzburg Residence

Xochicalco

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