I first traveled Mexico's Royal Road, the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, in 1998 as part of a church mission trip which took me from El Paso by road to …
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
- Iguazu National Park 5.0
- Yosemite National Park 5.0
- Great Barrier Reef 5.0
- Uluru 5.0
- Waterton Glacier International Peace Park 5.0
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 5.0
- Machu Picchu 5.0
- Rome 5.0
- Iguacu 5.0
- St. Petersburg 5.0
- Mesa Verde 5.0
- Old City of Jerusalem 5.0
- Petra 5.0
- Rapa Nui 5.0
- Venice and its Lagoon 5.0
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park – Maputo NP 5.0
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 5.0
- Grand Canyon 5.0
- Istanbul 5.0
- Edinburgh 5.0
- Galapagos Islands 4.5
- Nikko 4.5
- Hawaii Volcanoes 4.5
- Gros Morne National Park 4.5
- Pompei 4.5
- Yellowstone 4.5
- Valletta 4.5
- Archaeological Site of Delphi 4.5
- Everglades 4.5
- Versailles 4.5
- Göreme NP and Cappadocia 4.5
- Mont-Saint-Michel 4.5
- Vatican City 4.5
- Acropolis 4.5
- Redwood 4.5
- Toledo 4.5
- Lake Baikal 4.5
- Wadi Rum 4.5
- Giant's Causeway 4.5
- Prague 4.5
- Costiera Amalfitana 4.0
- White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal 4.0
- Ironbridge Gorge 4.0
- Westminster 4.0
- Kinderdijk 4.0
- Tower of London 4.0
- Ephesus 4.0
- Rhodes 4.0
- Kremlin and Red Square 4.0
- Huascaran National Park 4.0
- Budapest 4.0
- Tongariro National Park 4.0
- Zacatecas 4.0
- Florence 4.0
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 4.0
- Quito 4.0
- Singapore Botanic Gardens 4.0
- Plantin-Moretus Museum 4.0
- Hierapolis-Pamukkale 4.0
- Etruscan Necropolises 4.0
- Sintra 4.0
- Segovia 4.0
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 4.0
- Thingvellir 4.0
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley 4.0
- Dorset and East Devon Coast 4.0
- Provins 4.0
- Salzburg 4.0
- Schönbrunn 4.0
- Rietveld Schröderhuis 4.0
- Independence Hall 4.0
- Olympic National Park 4.0
- Vienna 4.0
- La Fortaleza and San Juan 4.0
- Statue of Liberty 4.0
- Carlsbad Caverns 4.0
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum 4.0
- Bamberg 4.0
- Québec 4.0
- Burgos Cathedral 4.0
- Dinosaur Provincial Park 4.0
- L'Anse aux Meadows 4.0
- Brugge 4.0
- Route of Santiago de Compostela 4.0
- Siena 4.0
- Skocjan Caves 4.0
- Brú na Bóinne 3.5
- Grand Place, Brussels 3.5
- Speyer Cathedral 3.5
- Würzburg Residence 3.5
- Santo Domingo 3.5
- Ibiza 3.5
- Las Medulas 3.5
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire 3.5
- Neolithic Orkney 3.5
- Olympia 3.5
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 3.5
- Split 3.5
- Historic Cairo 3.5
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 3.5
- Gulf of Porto 3.5
- SGang Gwaay 3.5
- Kew Gardens 3.5
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape 3.5
- San Marino and Mount Titano 3.5
- Australian Convict Sites 3.5
- Pitons Management Area 3.0
- Naples 3.0
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump 3.0
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3.0
- Roman Walls of Lugo 3.0
- Belem 3.0
- Potsdam 3.0
- Morne Trois Pitons 3.0
- Monticello 3.0
- Jodrell Bank Observatory 3.0
- Flemish Béguinages 3.0
- Botanical Garden, Padua 3.0
- Great Smoky Mountains 3.0
- Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi 3.0
- Mount Etna 3.0
- Grand Pré 3.0
- Tower of Hercules 3.0
- Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca 3.0
- The Pleistocene Occupation Sites of South Africa 3.0
- Greater Blue Mountains 3.0
- Camino Real 3.0
- Ayutthaya 3.0
- Al Ain 3.0
- Villa d'Este 3.0
- San Antonio Missions 3.0
- Gwynedd Castles 3.0
- New Lanark 3.0
- Wet Tropics of Queensland 3.0
- Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis 3.0
- Valparaiso 3.0
- Santiago de Compostela 3.0
- El Escurial 3.0
- Rideau Canal 2.5
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape 2.5
- Forth Bridge 2.5
- Colonia del Sacramento 2.5
- Quseir Amra 2.5
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 2.5
- Antigua Naval Dockyard 2.5
- Old Town Lunenburg 2.5
- Cahokia Mounds 2.5
- Tombs of Buganda Kings 2.5
- White City of Tel-Aviv 2.5
- Venetian Works of Defence 2.5
- Royal Exhibition Building 2.5
- Um er-Rasas 2.5
- Novodevichy Convent 2.5
- Luis Barragán House and Studio 2.5
- Dutch Water Defence Lines 2.5
- Biblical Tells 2.5
- Vizcaya Bridge 2.5
- Sangay National Park 2.5
- Fortifications of Vauban 2.5
- Turaif Quarter 2.5
- Skogskyrkogarden 2.5
- Poverty Point 2.5
- Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" 2.5
- Popocatepetl monasteries 2.5
- Lima 2.5
- Blenheim Palace 2.5
- Kotor 2.5
- Evora 2.0
- Belfries 2.0
- Moravian Church Settlements 2.0
- Aranjuez 2.0
- Joggins Fossil Cliffs 2.0
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 2.0
- Miguasha National Park 2.0
- Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque 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
- 176 12
- Locations
- 0
- Zones
- 0
Reviews by Jay T


Works of Antoni Gaudí (Inscribed)
Works of Antoni Gaudí
Barcelona is home to two World Heritage Sites dedicated to architecture, but for most visitors only one of these will come to mind: the Works of Antoni Gaudí. This World …

Speyer Cathedral (Inscribed)
Speyer Cathedral
A church spire stands over the city upon exiting the Speyer train station, but it isn't part of the Speyer Cathedral. Instead, one has to walk just under one kilometer …

Plantin-Moretus Museum (Inscribed)
Plantin-Moretus Museum
The United States celebrates National Library Week each April, but libraries in the US and around the world would be in poor shape were it not for publishing houses and …

Lake Baikal (Inscribed)
Lake Baikal
I was told when visiting Lake Baikal that to dip your hand or foot into the lake would add five years to your life, to step in with both feet …

Gros Morne National Park (Inscribed)
Gros Morne National Park
Gros Morne National Park was the first World Heritage Site I intentionally set out to visit, and the start of my quest to visit World Heritage Sites during my travels. …

Dinosaur Provincial Park (Inscribed)
Dinosaur Provincial Park
Of the Canadian fossil sites I have visited, I enjoyed Dinosaur Provincial Park the most. A great part of this is due to the size of the fossils on display …

Brugge (Inscribed)
Brugge
Brugge is a beautiful city, and one of the highlights of my visit to Belgium in August 2018. The first evening I spent in Brugge, I enjoyed traditional moules-frites with …

White Monuments of Vladimir a… (Inscribed)
White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal
For a brief epoch in Russia's long history, Vladimir and Suzdal were the heart of Russian culture and rule, and the White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal remain as symbols …

Thingvellir (Inscribed)
Thingvellir
Thingvellir National Park has to be one of the most geologically fascinating sites I have visited, sitting atop the rift between the North American and the Eurasian tectonic plates. It …

Huascaran National Park (Inscribed)
Huascaran National Park
Peru may be known for its cultural World Heritage Sites, but the first site I chose to see upon arriving in country this past October was a natural site: Huascarán …

Poverty Point (Inscribed)
Poverty Point
The Monumental Earthworks at Poverty Point in northeastern Louisiana is the latest US World Heritage Site addition to recognize pre-Columbian cultures. The earthworks are the remnants of a culture that …

Pitons Management Area (Inscribed)
Pitons Management Area
The Pitons of St. Lucia hold such a place of pride for the country that they are prominently featured on its flag. There was no way I was going to …

Mesa Verde (Inscribed)
Mesa Verde
While hiking the Inca Trail last month, I was wondering how different North American cultural heritage might look if the Inca Empire had extended further north. We may never know …

Joggins Fossil Cliffs (Inscribed)
Joggins Fossil Cliffs
I think that I shall never see a fossil lovely as a tree... Although Joggins Fossil Cliffs does have some reptilian fossils, the vast majority of the fossils on display …

Grand Place, Brussels (Inscribed)
Grand Place, Brussels
For four to five days in August, every two years, the most scenic square in Brussels is adorned with a floral carpet. When I decided to visit World War I …

Cornwall and West Devon Minin… (Inscribed)
Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
The scope of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape can seem rather daunting, with its multiple components, but after my visit last May, I felt I had a better …

Belfries (Inscribed)
Belfries
With the wars that have been fought over Belgium and France, I am amazed that so many belfries are still standing or have been rebuilt. The Ypres Cloth Hall bell …

Waterton Glacier Internationa… (Inscribed)
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
The Rockies are a happy place for me, and Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park was the highlight of my summer travels. I spent two days in Waterton Lakes, in Canada, and …

Split (Inscribed)
Split
On entering the eastern gate into the historic center of Split, enclosed within the walls of Roman emporer Diocletian's Palace, I was immediately drawn to the Cathedral of Saint Domnius …