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Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings
MichaelH - 22-May-25
With a trip to Chicago and Wisconsin in October 2024, I was finally able to complete visits to all the UNESCO inscribed Frank Lloyd Wright buildings. I was only able to view the Jacobs house from the streets, but took a tour of Taliesin, a very worthwhile visit.
The highlight of the trip, which included Chicago, the Oak Park neighborhood and viewings of various other Wright sites was the Estate Tour of Taliesin, which ran from 9:15-1:15. This seemed to the be most comprehensive tour being offered at the time. It included the residence, but also the school, his sister’s home, and an opportunity to view many of the other Wright designed out buildings – barns, a windmill, and more.
Read OnVersailles
MichaelH - 20-May-25
Having visited Versailles on two prior occasions during the off-months, I decided to spend the last day of my recent vacation at Versailles, even though it was a Sunday and likely to be crowded. Because of the timing of my earlier visits, I had not been able to appreciate the gardens and their fountains. My first visit many years ago had been on a cold overcast December day, so I spent little time in the gardens.
My Passport ticket was 32 euros and required selection of a time slot for entry into the palace. It was a relatively late decision so entry times to the palace were all booked before the mid-afternoon. That was fine with me as I can find the crowds thin out some in the late afternoon, with fewer large groups.
Read OnYosemite National Park
MichaelH - 17-May-25
Yosemite is one of a handful of US sites that readily meet OUV requirements. It has stunning scenery and has provided an impetus to the overall American (and indirectly world) conservation movement (reference John Muir) and has provided inspiration for artists (Ansel Adams and more).
It is also the WHS that I know best, having hiked or skied most of its trails over the past 50 years. I am writing this review less as an evaluation than as an introductory guide for other WHS travelers, having appreciated the guidance I’ve found in other reviews for less celebrated sites.
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- Skocjan Caves
- Kotor
- The Prosecco Hills
- Medici Villas and Gardens
- Mount Etna
- Longobards in Italy
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
- Urbino
- Modena
- Aquileia
- Isole Eolie
- Mostar
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Rating StatsAngkor 5Florence 5Rome 5Uluru 5Dolomites 4.5Hawaii Volcanoes 4.5Palenque 4.5Pompei 4.5Te Wahipounamu 4.5Versailles 4.5Yellowstone 4.5Copán 4Delos 4Meteora 4Petra 4Potsdam 4Cahokia Mounds 3.5Carlsbad Caverns 3.5Giant's Causeway 3.5Kotor 3.5Mammoth Cave 3.5Monticello 3.5Mostar 3.5Mystras 3.5Nasca Lines 3.5Quirigua 3.5Quito 3.5Redwood 3.5Schönbrunn 3.5Skocjan Caves 3.5Sukhothai 3.5Taos Pueblo 3.5Trier 3.5Urbino 3.5Westminster 3.5Hopewell 3Split 3Stećci 3Syracuse 3Trogir 3Wadi Rum 3Aquileia 2.5Modena 2.5Stari Grad Plain 1.5Reviewed WHS
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- Abydos, city of pilgrimage of the Pharaohs (T)
- Big Bend National Park (T)
- Brooklyn Bridge (T)
- Cathédrale de Saint-Denis (T)
- Central Park (T)
- Centro Histórico de Puebla (extension) (T)
- Civil Rights Movement Sites (T)
- Dayton Aviation Sites (T)
- Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo's Home-Study Museum (T)
- Domaine de Fontainebleau : château, jardins, parc et forêt (T)
- Dreams in Stone - the palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria: Neuschwanstein, Linderhof and Herrenchiemsee (T)
- Early Chicago Skyscrapers (T)
- Egyptian Museum in Cairo (T)
- Ellis Island (T)
- Extension of the World Heritage Site "Historic Centre of Prague" with the important Monuments in its Vicinity (T)
- Former M-13 prison/ Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (former S-21)/ Choeung Ek Genocidal Centre (former Execution Site of S-21) (T)
- Gorge of Samaria National Park (T)
- Jerusalem (T)
- Le champ de bataille de Waterloo, la fin de l’épopée napoléonienne (T)
- Le Palais de Justice de Bruxelles (T)
- Le Panorama de la Bataille de Waterloo, exemple particulièrement significatif de « Phénomène de Panoramas » (T)
- Les Plages du Débarquement, Normandie, 1944 (T)
- Massif du Mont Blanc (T)
- Massif du Mont-Blanc (T)
- Mount Vernon (T)
- Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge (T)
- Orvieto (T)
- Petrified Forest National Park (T)
- Rouen : ensemble urbain à pans de bois, cathédrale, église Saint-Ouen, église Saint Maclou (T)
- Serpent Mound (T)
- The Royal Sites of Ireland: Cashel, Dún Ailinne, Hill of Uisneach, Rathcroghan Complex, and Tara Complex (T)
- The Television Tower Stuttgart. Archetype and symbol of modern mass communication (T)
- Thomas Jefferson Buildings (T)
- Town of Chichicastenango (T)
- White Sands National Monument (T)
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