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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Vienna by Jay T

Vienna (Inscribed)

Vienna

When traveling by train in central Europe, it's hard not to transit through Vienna, and the city is well worth a visit for the architecture and culture. This is the …

Schönbrunn by Jay T

Schönbrunn (Inscribed)

Schönbrunn

The 18th century summer palace and gardens of Schönbrunn are not as remote now from the city of Vienna as they were when first constructed by the Habsburgs. This was …

Morne Trois Pitons by Jay T

Morne Trois Pitons (Inscribed)

Morne Trois Pitons

Dominica was the island I was most looking forward to on the Caribbean cruise I took last month, not least because of the reviews I'd read of the beauty of …

Ironbridge Gorge by Jay T

Ironbridge Gorge (Inscribed)

Ironbridge Gorge

When I was planning a trip to Wales in 2005, I realized I would be traveling very close to Ironbridge Gorge, widely recognized as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. …

Fortifications of Vauban by Jay T

Fortifications of Vauban (Inscribed)

Fortifications of Vauban

I visited the citadel and town of Mont-Louis, one of the inscribed Fortifications of Vauban, in the spring of 2013 as part of a day tour from Barcelona. Mont-Louis is …

Belem by Jay T

Belem (Inscribed)

Belem

As I approached the Tower of Belém, the skies opened up and the rain that had been threatening all morning finally started falling. Thankfully there was a lot to see …

Versailles by Jay T

Versailles (Inscribed)

Versailles

The Palace of Versailles was well known to me from history classes in school, and I found the interior of the palace, and the magnificent Hall of Mirrors in particular, …

Siena by Jay T

Siena (Inscribed)

Siena

Siena served as a scheduled rest stop during my tour of mainland Europe in the fall of 2003, and I thoroughly enjoyed my few days of relaxation and exploration in …

Old Town Lunenburg by Jay T

Old Town Lunenburg (Inscribed)

Old Town Lunenburg

Old Town Lunenburg is a fantastic representative of Atlantic Canadian fishing villages on the World Heritage Site list. Buildings in the town date back to the 1700s, when Britain established …

L'Anse aux Meadows by Jay T

L'Anse aux Meadows (Inscribed)

L'Anse aux Meadows

Around 1000 AD a group of Vikings established a village on the northern peninsula of Newfoundland in an area now called L'Anse aux Meadows -- a pre-Columbian European settlement in …

Forth Bridge by Jay T

Forth Bridge (Inscribed)

Forth Bridge

Robert Louis Stevenson's novel "Kidnapped" ends with a daring ferry crossing across the Firth of Forth, allowing the hero, David Balfour, to confront his duplicitous uncle; if the events of …

Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" by Jay T

Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond … (Inscribed)

Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan"

The Baptism Site at Bethany Beyond the Jordan (Al-Maghtas in Arabic), where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, has quite an extensive biblical history. Tradition has held this location …

Venice and its Lagoon by Jay T

Venice and its Lagoon (Inscribed)

Venice and its Lagoon

What is there to say about Venice that hasn't already been said? It's not surprising this World Heritage Site is the most reviewed of all the Italian sites; this city …

San Marino and Mount Titano by Jay T

San Marino and Mount Titano (Inscribed)

San Marino and Mount Titano

Given my fascination with European microstates when I was growing up, it was inevitable I would one day visit San Marino, whether or not it was a World Heritage Site. …

Nubian Monuments by Jay T

Nubian Monuments (Inscribed)

Nubian Monuments

The Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae were the absolute highlight of my trip to Egypt in the fall of 2012. Over fifty years ago, the preservation and movement …

Independence Hall by Jay T

Independence Hall (Inscribed)

Independence Hall

Independence Hall may seem small in stature compared to the surrounding modern city of Philadelphia, but the ideas forged within its walls far outsize the building. Over the course of …

Florence by Jay T

Florence (Inscribed)

Florence

Florence made a much better impression on me on my second visit, in May 2013, than when I first visited ten years before. Perhaps it was because I had not …

Ayutthaya by Jay T

Ayutthaya (Inscribed)

Ayutthaya

A short drive north from Bangkok lie the ruins of the Historic City of Ayutthaya, one of Thailand's first three World Heritage Sites, inscribed 25 years ago. As has been …

Vatican City by Jay T

Vatican City (Inscribed)

Vatican City

Vatican City is an architectural wonder, a theocracy, a rich repository of art and literature, and the center of the Catholic church; there is a lot packed into the world's …

Salzburg by Jay T

Salzburg (Inscribed)

Salzburg

The geographer Alexander von Humboldt (perhaps apocryphally) thought highly enough of Salzburg to consider it one of the three most beautiful regions on Earth that he'd seen. After visiting Salzburg …

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