Jay T

Member since August 2017

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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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    June 15, 2025
    Fontainebleau, Provins
  • 4
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    June 4, 2025
    Antequera Dolmens Site, Garajonay, Grand-Bassam, Island of Gorée
  • 1
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    April 27, 2025
    Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal
Top 10 Missing
  1. Angkor 4.71
  2. Victoria Falls 4.47
  3. Tikal National Park 4.46
  4. Ancient Kyoto 4.45
  5. Bagan 4.44
  6. Great Wall 4.44
  7. Serengeti 4.41
  8. Persepolis 4.37
  9. Samarkand 4.36
  10. Los Glaciares 4.35
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About Jay T

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Jay
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Reviews by Jay T

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Archaeological Site of Delphi by Jay T

Archaeological Site of Delphi (Inscribed)

Archaeological Site of Delphi

Perched on the slopes of Mount Parnassus, northwest of Athens, the Archaeological Site of Delphi is one of the highlights of a trip to Greece. I visited Delphi on a …

Villa d'Este by Jay T

Villa d'Este (Inscribed)

Villa d'Este

There is no doubt that Villa d'Este is a beautiful site, a fine house with gardens sloping down a hillside overlooking the Italian countryside. The town of Tivoli itself, surrounding …

Tower of Hercules by Jay T

Tower of Hercules (Inscribed)

Tower of Hercules

A statue greets visitors to the Tower of Hercules, but the statue is not the Greek or Roman hero. No, it is instead a Celtic king, a legend named Breogán, …

Segovia by Jay T

Segovia (Inscribed)

Segovia

Segovia was one of my favorite day trips from Madrid. Maybe not quite as amazing as Toledo, but most certainly memorable. The city is perched on a plateau, with a …

Rapa Nui by Jay T

Rapa Nui (Inscribed)

Rapa Nui

Rapa Nui. Easter Island. The name evokes adventure, and it was my main reason for choosing Chile as my country to visit for Leap Day 2020. I lived in Hawaii …

Olympic National Park by Jay T

Olympic National Park (Inscribed)

Olympic National Park

Olympic National Park has everything I love in a national park: mountains, lakes, great trails, and wildlife. It even borders the coast, with amazing scenery where the Pacific Ocean laps …

Machu Picchu by Jay T

Machu Picchu (Inscribed)

Machu Picchu

There's a good reason Machu Picchu remains one of the highest rated World Heritage Sites -- this Inca city is spectacularly and photogenically set atop a mountain ridge in the …

Hal Saflieni Hypogeum by Jay T

Hal Saflieni Hypogeum (Inscribed)

Hal Saflieni Hypogeum

Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum is definitely worth the planning it requires to visit this underground tomb complex. Hypogeum literally means underground, and this site lay dormant and forgotten below the surface …

Etruscan Necropolises by Jay T

Etruscan Necropolises (Inscribed)

Etruscan Necropolises

The Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia were one of the more challenging World Heritage Sites for me to visit because of the irregular bus schedule serving Cerveteri and the …

Carlsbad Caverns by Jay T

Carlsbad Caverns (Inscribed)

Carlsbad Caverns

Deep in southern New Mexico, not far from the Texan border, a subterranean paradise extends for miles under the desert landscape. The United States established a park to protect the …

Bamberg by Jay T

Bamberg (Inscribed)

Bamberg

The Town of Bamberg was the World Heritage Site I was most looking forward to when I traveled to Germany in March 2019. The distinctive half-timbered addition to the Old …

Würzburg Residence by Jay T

Würzburg Residence (Inscribed)

Würzburg Residence

In these days of social distancing and stay-at-home orders, what better World Heritage Site could there be to review than one whose Outstanding Universal Value is best appreciated from the …

Valletta by Jay T

Valletta (Inscribed)

Valletta

The City of Valletta is an incredible sight when arriving by boat, as sandy fortress walls rise up from the harbor, topped with gardens, church domes and spires, and tiers …

St. Petersburg by Jay T

St. Petersburg (Inscribed)

St. Petersburg

The Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments is easily my favorite of all World Heritage Sites I've seen in Russia. This 300-year-old city was wrested from …

Roman Walls of Lugo by Jay T

Roman Walls of Lugo (Inscribed)

Roman Walls of Lugo

The Romans left a mark on northwestern Spain that can still be seen today in bridges, ancient villages, gold mines, a lighthouse, and, most spectacularly, the Roman Walls of Lugo. …

Popocatepetl monasteries by Jay T

Popocatepetl monasteries (Inscribed)

Popocatepetl monasteries

Volcanoes bring tremendous change to their environments, and fittingly the 16th-century monasteries established around the active volcano Popocatépetl, southeast of Mexico city, effected tremendous cultural change on the peoples of …

Mount Etna by Jay T

Mount Etna (Inscribed)

Mount Etna

Last November I was rather excited that planning worked out and that my 200th World Heritage Site would be a natural site: Mount Etna. I had scheduled a day tour …

Luis Barragán House and Studio by Jay T

Luis Barragán House and Studio (Inscribed)

Luis Barragán House and Studio

It's a bit of an education incorporating World Heritage Sites into travel. When I took a trip to Mexico City in January 2017, I knew I'd be viewing several sites …

Gulf of Porto by Jay T

Gulf of Porto (Inscribed)

Gulf of Porto

My most recent World Heritage Site visit was truly serendipitous, since the last day of my Mediterranean cruise was to take me to Monaco last December. Instead, due to rough …

El Escurial by Jay T

El Escurial (Inscribed)

El Escurial

While wandering through a Spanish palace last year, I ran across a room full of paintings of the Wonders of the World. On one wall was a representation of the …

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