There are some who go to Ibiza for the parties, and there are some who go for the World Heritage Site; count me in the latter group. When I was …
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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20June 15, 2025Fontainebleau, Provins
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40June 4, 2025Antequera Dolmens Site, Garajonay, Grand-Bassam, Island of Gorée
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10April 27, 2025Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal
Top 10 Missing
Completed Countries
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Bahrain
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Estonia
- Holy See
- Israel
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Moldova
- Morocco
- Qatar
- Saint Lucia
About Jay T
- Member since
- October 2015
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
Visits
- Rank
- #124
- WHS
- 339
- Tentative Sites
- 75
Website Participation
- Reviews
- 180
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Ratings
Ratings
World Heritage Sites
- Edinburgh 5.0
- Petra 5.0
- St. Petersburg 5.0
- Iguazu National Park 5.0
- Iguacu 5.0
- Grand Canyon 5.0
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park – Maputo NP 5.0
- Venice and its Lagoon 5.0
- Yosemite National Park 5.0
- Rapa Nui 5.0
- Machu Picchu 5.0
- Istanbul 5.0
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 5.0
- Mesa Verde 5.0
- Waterton Glacier International Peace Park 5.0
- Rome 5.0
- Old City of Jerusalem 5.0
- Great Barrier Reef 5.0
- Uluru 5.0
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 5.0
- Everglades 4.5
- Mont-Saint-Michel 4.5
- Galapagos Islands 4.5
- Göreme NP and Cappadocia 4.5
- Versailles 4.5
- Prague 4.5
- Yellowstone 4.5
- Wadi Rum 4.5
- Valletta 4.5
- Hawaii Volcanoes 4.5
- Vatican City 4.5
- Toledo 4.5
- Pompei 4.5
- Lake Baikal 4.5
- Redwood 4.5
- Giant's Causeway 4.5
- Archaeological Site of Delphi 4.5
- Nikko 4.5
- Gros Morne National Park 4.5
- Acropolis 4.5
- Provins 4.0
- Independence Hall 4.0
- Statue of Liberty 4.0
- Québec 4.0
- L'Anse aux Meadows 4.0
- Hierapolis-Pamukkale 4.0
- Ephesus 4.0
- Kremlin and Red Square 4.0
- Vienna 4.0
- Salzburg 4.0
- Schönbrunn 4.0
- Budapest 4.0
- Quito 4.0
- La Fortaleza and San Juan 4.0
- Costiera Amalfitana 4.0
- Siena 4.0
- Florence 4.0
- Skocjan Caves 4.0
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 4.0
- Kinderdijk 4.0
- Rietveld Schröderhuis 4.0
- Tongariro National Park 4.0
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley 4.0
- Ironbridge Gorge 4.0
- Singapore Botanic Gardens 4.0
- Tower of London 4.0
- Huascaran National Park 4.0
- Thingvellir 4.0
- White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal 4.0
- Brugge 4.0
- Dinosaur Provincial Park 4.0
- Plantin-Moretus Museum 4.0
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 4.0
- Westminster 4.0
- Route of Santiago de Compostela 4.0
- Sintra 4.0
- Burgos Cathedral 4.0
- Dorset and East Devon Coast 4.0
- Bamberg 4.0
- Carlsbad Caverns 4.0
- Etruscan Necropolises 4.0
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum 4.0
- Olympic National Park 4.0
- Segovia 4.0
- Rhodes 4.0
- Zacatecas 4.0
- Gulf of Porto 3.5
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 3.5
- Australian Convict Sites 3.5
- Historic Cairo 3.5
- San Marino and Mount Titano 3.5
- Neolithic Orkney 3.5
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire 3.5
- Brú na Bóinne 3.5
- Olympia 3.5
- Speyer Cathedral 3.5
- Santo Domingo 3.5
- Split 3.5
- Würzburg Residence 3.5
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 3.5
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape 3.5
- Las Medulas 3.5
- Grand Place, Brussels 3.5
- Kew Gardens 3.5
- Ibiza 3.5
- SGang Gwaay 3.5
- Villa d'Este 3.0
- Greater Blue Mountains 3.0
- Jodrell Bank Observatory 3.0
- Al Ain 3.0
- Ayutthaya 3.0
- Belem 3.0
- Pitons Management Area 3.0
- Tower of Hercules 3.0
- Morne Trois Pitons 3.0
- The Pleistocene Occupation Sites of South Africa 3.0
- Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis 3.0
- Valparaiso 3.0
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3.0
- Camino Real 3.0
- Flemish Béguinages 3.0
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump 3.0
- Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi 3.0
- Gwynedd Castles 3.0
- Potsdam 3.0
- Santiago de Compostela 3.0
- Botanical Garden, Padua 3.0
- El Escurial 3.0
- Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca 3.0
- Mount Etna 3.0
- Monticello 3.0
- Naples 3.0
- Roman Walls of Lugo 3.0
- New Lanark 3.0
- Grand Pré 3.0
- Great Smoky Mountains 3.0
- San Antonio Missions 3.0
- Wet Tropics of Queensland 3.0
- Venetian Works of Defence 2.5
- Novodevichy Convent 2.5
- Tombs of Buganda Kings 2.5
- Um er-Rasas 2.5
- Quseir Amra 2.5
- Vizcaya Bridge 2.5
- Rideau Canal 2.5
- Skogskyrkogarden 2.5
- Royal Exhibition Building 2.5
- Lima 2.5
- Kotor 2.5
- Poverty Point 2.5
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 2.5
- White City of Tel-Aviv 2.5
- Old Town Lunenburg 2.5
- Dutch Water Defence Lines 2.5
- Colonia del Sacramento 2.5
- Luis Barragán House and Studio 2.5
- Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" 2.5
- Fortifications of Vauban 2.5
- Sangay National Park 2.5
- Turaif Quarter 2.5
- Popocatepetl monasteries 2.5
- Blenheim Palace 2.5
- Forth Bridge 2.5
- Biblical Tells 2.5
- Cahokia Mounds 2.5
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape 2.5
- Antigua Naval Dockyard 2.5
- Miguasha National Park 2.0
- Joggins Fossil Cliffs 2.0
- Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque 2.0
- Evora 2.0
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 2.0
- Moravian Church Settlements 2.0
- Aranjuez 2.0
- Belfries 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
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Reviews by Jay T


Edinburgh (Inscribed)
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is a special city: grey, Gothic, and Georgian, yet still warm and welcoming. Past meets present in both the Old and New Town. This is no more visible than …

Al Ain (Inscribed)
Al Ain
The Cultural Sites of Al Ain are currently the only World Heritage Site in the United Arab Emirates, though hopefully more will be inscribed in future years. One of the …

Turaif Quarter (Inscribed)
Turaif Quarter
The Turaif Quarter in Al-Diriyyah is not the easiest World Heritage Site to access, as I found when I visited in fall 2012. The quarter is located in the valley …

Rideau Canal (Inscribed)
Rideau Canal
The Rideau Canal may have been constructed for military purposes, but the waterway today is one of the more peaceful and relaxing World Heritage Sites I've visited. I spent a …

Ephesus (Inscribed)
Ephesus
Ephesus was one of the great cities of antiquity, and erstwhile home to the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. After its harbor silted …

Museumsinsel (Museum Island) (Inscribed)
Museumsinsel (Museum Island)
When I visited Berlin's Museum Island ten years ago, I had no idea it was a World Heritage Site. Consequently, I only visited the most celebrated museum on the island …

Historic Cairo (Inscribed)
Historic Cairo
The winding streets of historic Cairo were a welcome change from the traffic congestion of downtown Cairo. When I visited in fall 2012, I spent one day visiting the Coptic …

Acropolis (Inscribed)
Acropolis
The monuments of the Acropolis stand out majestically amidst the Athenian skyline from the summit of Mount Lycabettus. I visited Athens in spring 2013, and thoroughly enjoyed my time at …

Tower of London (Inscribed)
Tower of London
The Tower is London; that's what the advertisements on the Underground proclaimed when I first went to London in the late 1990's. I certainly wouldn't distill the city of London …

Quseir Amra (Inscribed)
Quseir Amra
It is unfortunate that Quseir Amra is generally the second stop on a Desert Castles tour from Amman, since it is a bit underwhelming compared to the superb Qasr al-Kharanah. …

Mont-Saint-Michel (Inscribed)
Mont-Saint-Michel
Mont-Saint-Michel on the north coast of France is an enchanting place to visit, especially if you stay overnight. A friend of mine had wanted to see this site since he …

Hawaii Volcanoes (Inscribed)
Hawaii Volcanoes
It isn't guaranteed you'll be able to see an active lava flow at (or outside) Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, but if one is active and accessible while you are visiting, …

Costiera Amalfitana (Inscribed)
Costiera Amalfitana
When I was young I often saw pictures of the Amalfi Coast on calendars, but to see it in person was incredible. This is a stunning landscape with cliffside villages …

Yosemite National Park (Inscribed)
Yosemite National Park
Half Dome, El Capitan, Yosemite Falls, Glacier Point -- the Yosemite Valley is packed with spectacular natural sights. The beauty of this area led citizens to petition Congress to designate …

Tongariro National Park (Inscribed)
Tongariro National Park
From the moment you walk along the rise and see the volcanic plain stretching across to the mountains it becomes clear: this is Mordor. It's not surprising, then, that Peter …

Québec (Inscribed)
Québec
Québec City was as impressive as I'd hoped it would be when I finally visited in 2011. The city really does feel like a corner of Europe relocated to North …

Monticello (Inscribed)
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson was one of the United States' most fascinating Founding Fathers, not only serving as president and author of the Declaration of Independence, but also displaying keen interests in …

Hierapolis-Pamukkale (Inscribed)
Hierapolis-Pamukkale
A friend living in Turkey recommended I add Pamukkale to my itinerary when I visited Turkey in 2007, and it was a great recommendation. The calcium terraces of Pamukkale are …

Dutch Water Defence Lines (Inscribed)
Dutch Water Defence Lines
Because I had limited time in and around Amsterdam when visiting in 2014, I concentrated on a section of the Defense Line just outside Haarlem, which included Fort Liebrug and …