It's fitting that for my one hundredth review, WHS #100 on my list of sites visited should be the City of Quito, Ecuador, one of the original twelve sites inscribed …
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
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Reviews by Jay T


Greater Blue Mountains (Inscribed)
Greater Blue Mountains
What can I say about the Greater Blue Mountains? Well, they were there, tantalizingly shrouded in the fog when I visited in June of 2012. Eucalyptus trees lined the bluffs …

Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (Inscribed)
Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
About halfway through my very rainy drive from London to the Blaenavon Industrial Landscape in Wales earlier this month, I had to remind myself BBC weather predicted clearing skies by …

Vicenza and the Palladian Vil… (Inscribed)
Vicenza and the Palladian Villas
Palladio's influence on American colonial architecture can be seen in historic homes and structures throughout the East Coast of the United States, including Thomas Jefferson's Monticello and the University of …

Skocjan Caves (Inscribed)
Skocjan Caves
I love caves, so when a friend of mine suggested visiting Slovenia last fall, I leapt at the opportunity to explore the karst topography of the Škocjan Caves. I had …

Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) (Inscribed)
Piazza del Duomo (Pisa)
The Piazza del Duomo in Pisa is one of the most famous sites in Europe, entirely due to an aesthetically designed tower that was poorly engineered. Thankfully there are hordes …

La Fortaleza and San Juan (Inscribed)
La Fortaleza and San Juan
I'm glad I visited La Fortaleza and San Juan Historic Site in Puerto Rico when I did in the fall of 2016, since I learned how beautiful and atmospheric Old …

Grand Pré (Inscribed)
Grand Pré
They were caught between two great powers in the 18th century, and so the French Acadians of Grand Pré fell on the wrong side of history. The French settlers had …

Botanical Garden, Padua (Inscribed)
Botanical Garden, Padua
I enjoy a good botanical garden when traveling, so I looked forward to visiting the Botanical Garden in Padua last year, even though I knew I would be visiting out …

White City of Tel-Aviv (Inscribed)
White City of Tel-Aviv
The White City of Tel Aviv is the rather poetic appellation given to one of the Middle East's youngest World Heritage Sites -- a living museum of several thousand buildings …

Tombs of Buganda Kings (Inscribed)
Tombs of Buganda Kings
It was a rainy day when I visited the Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi in Kampala, Uganda, in summer 2014. The grey afternoon served as a fine backdrop to …

San Antonio Missions (Inscribed)
San Antonio Missions
It shouldn't have been a World Heritage Site that made me finally get around to visiting San Antonio, but I'm afraid the relatively newly-inscribed San Antonio Missions were the impetus …

Olympia (Inscribed)
Olympia
I find it fitting to write about Olympia in the days following the extinguishing of the Olympic flame for the 2018 Winter Games since I visited Olympia the day after …

Kotor (Inscribed)
Kotor
I had great expectations for the Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor when I visited in October 2017, since it would be my first visit to Montenegro. Unfortunately, the city …

Great Smoky Mountains (Inscribed)
Great Smoky Mountains
Great Smoky Mountains National Park was the first World Heritage Site I visited, part of a family vacation when I was six. I have fond memories of the trip and …

Colonia del Sacramento (Inscribed)
Colonia del Sacramento
The Historic Center of the City of Colonia del Sacramento in Uruguay is a perfectly adequate World Heritage Site, but, as has been intimated by other reviewers here, it would …

Antigua Naval Dockyard (Inscribed)
Antigua Naval Dockyard
The hurricane season in the fall of 2017 was awful in the eastern Caribbean, and unfortunately devastated the island of Barbuda; in better news, however, the neighboring island of Antigua …

Venetian Works of Defence (Inscribed)
Venetian Works of Defence
One doesn't have to look any farther than the city walls of Kotor in Montenegro to see they are part of the Venetian Works of Defence Between 16th and 17th …

Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuen… (Inscribed)
Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca
Although it was rainy during most of my visit, I found the city of Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca to be the most charming of the cities I …

Petra (Inscribed)
Petra
Like many of my age, I suspect, my introduction to Petra was via "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade", which used the iconic façade of the Treasury to represent a …