I adore visiting UNESCO World Heritage Sites. I’m known to go very far out of my way to see one. Here is my personal UNESCO list so far:
Unesco World Heritage Sites (134/1121)
- San Antonio Missions (USA) (1995) (2017)
- Taos Pueblo (USA) (1996)
- Statue of Liberty (USA) (1999) (2017)
- Independence Hall (USA) (2007) (2017)
- Vatican City (2011)
- Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights, and San Paolo Fuori le Mura (Italy & Vatican City) (2011)
- Villa Adriana, Tivoli (Italy) (2011)
- Costiera Amalfitana (Italy) (2011)
- Archeological Areas of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Torre Annunciate (Italy) (2011)
- Historic Areas of Istanbul (Turkey) (2011)
- Thingvellir National Park (Iceland) (2011)
- Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht (The Netherlands) (2012) (2017)
- La Grand-Place, Brussels (Belgium) (2012)
- Everglades National Park (USA) (2014)
- City of Quito (Ecuador) (2014)
- Megalithic Temples of Malta (Malta) (2014)
- City of Valletta (Malta) (2014) (2017)
- Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza (Mexico) (2015)
- Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea (Brazil) (2015)
- Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento (Uruguay) (2015)
- La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico (USA) (2016)
- Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (United Kingdom) (2016)
- Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church (United Kingdom) (2016)
- Tower of London (United Kingdom) (2016)
- Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site (USA) (2016)
- Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System (Belize) (2016)
- Paphos (Cyprus) (2016)
- Painted Churches in the Troodos Region (Cyprus) (2016)
- Choirokoitia (Cyprus) (2016)
- Acropolis, Athens (Greece) (2016)
- Archaeological Site of Delphi (Greece) (2016)
- Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus (Greece) (2016)
- Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns (Greece) (2016)
- Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios (Greece) (2016)
- Meteora (Greece) (2016)
- Boyana Church (Bulgaria) (2016)
- Rila Monastery (Bulgaria) (2016) (2017)
- Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn (Austria) (2016)
- Historic Center of Vienna (Austria) (2016)
- Hallstatt-Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape (Austria) (2016)
- Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg (Austria) (2016)
- Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville (USA) (2017)
- Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue (Hungary) (2017)
- Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls (Disputed) (2017)
- Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem (Palestine) (2017)
- Baptism Site “Bethany Beyond the Jordan” (Al-Maghtas) (Jordan) (2017)
- Quseir Amra (Jordan) (2017)
- Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa’a) (Jordan) (2017)
- Petra (Jordan) (2017)
- Wadi Rum Protected Area (Jordan) (2017)
- Monastery of Horezu (Romania) (2017)
- Struve Geodetic Arc (Moldova) (2017)
- Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra (Ukraine) (2017)
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin (Germany) (2017)
- Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin (Germany) (2017)
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates (Germany) (2017)
- Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum (Malta) (2017)
- Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid Region (Macedonia) (2017)
- Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra (Albania) (2017)
- Butrint (Albania) (2017)
- Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor (Montenegro) (2017)
- Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar (Bosnia & Herzegovina) (2017)
- Stećci Medieval Tombstones Graveyards (Bosnia & Herzegovina) (2017)
- Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge in Višegrad (Bosnia & Herzegovina) (2017)
- Medieval Monuments in Kosovo (Serbia) (2017)
- Stari Ras and Sopoćani (Serbia) (2017)
- Studenica Monastery (Serbia) (2017)
- Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius (Serbia) (2017)
- Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija (Slovenia) (2017)
- Škocjan Caves (Slovenia) (2017)
- Venice and its Lagoon (Italy) (2017)
- Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with “The Last Supper” by Leonardo da Vinci (Italy) (2017)
- Paris, Banks of the Seine (France) (2017)
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France (France) (2017)
- Palace and Park of Versailles (France) (2017)
- Bordeaux, Port of the Moon (France) (2017)
- Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion (France) (2017)
- Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak (Bulgaria) (2017)
- Historic Centre of Krakow (Poland) (2017)
- Auschwitz Birkenau (Poland) (2017)
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines (Poland) (2017)
- Giant’s Causeway and Causeway Coast (United Kingdom) (2017)
- Brú na Bóinne – Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne (Ireland) (2017)
- Churches of Moldavia (Romania) (2017)
- Sighisoara (Romania) (2017)
- Pirin National Park (Bulgaria) (2017)
- Medina of Tunis (Tunisia) (2017)
- Dougga / Thugga (Tunisia) (2017)
- Archaeological Site of Carthage (Tunisia) (2017)
- Ichkeul National Park (Tunisia) (2017)
- Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis (Tunisia) (2017)
- Medina of Sousse (Tunisia) (2017)
- Amphitheatre of El Jem (Tunisia) (2017)
- Kairouan (Tunisia) (2017)
- Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns (Thailand) (2018)
- Historic City of Ayutthaya (Thailand) (2018)
- Temple of Preah Vihear (Cambodia) (2018)
- Angkor (Cambodia) (2018)
- Temple Zone of Sambor Prei Kuk, Archaeological Site of Ancient Ishanapura (Camboida) (2018)
- Town of Luang Prabang (Laos) (2018)
- Central Sector of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long – Hanoi (Vietnam) (2018)
- Ha Long Bay (Vietnam) (2018)
- Trang An Landscape Complex (Vietnam) (2018)
- Citadel of the Ho Dynasty (Vietnam) (2018)
- Singapore Botanic Gardens (Singapore) (2018)
- Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca (Malaysia) (2018)
- Works of Antoni Gaudí (Spain) (2018)
- Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona (Spain) (2018)
- La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia (Spain) (2018)
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain (Spain)(2018)
- Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (2018)
- Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar (Portugal) (2018)
- Historic Centre of Guimarães (Portugal) (2018)
- Alto Douro Wine Region (Portugal) (2018)
- University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia (Portugal) (2018)
- Monastery of Alcobaça (Portugal) (2018)
- Monastery of Batalha (Portugal) (2018)
- Convent of Christ in Tomar (Portugal) (2018)
- Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications (Portugal) (2018)
- Historic Centre of Évora (Portugal) (2018)
- Cultural Landscape of Sintra (Portugal) (2018)
- Medieval City of Rhodes (Greece) (2018)
- Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah’s Palace and Maiden Tower (Azerbaijan) (2018)
- Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape (Azerbaijan) (2018)
- Gelati Monastery (Georgia) (2018)
- Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley (Armenia) (2018)
- Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots (Armenia) (2018)
- Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin (Armenia) (2018)
- Historical Monuments of Mtskheta (Georgia) (2018)
- Ancient City of Nessebar (Bulgaria) (2018)
- Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly (Kazakhstan) (2018)
- Venetian Works of Defence between 15th and 17th centuries: Stato da Terra – western Stato da Mar (Visited in 2017, added in 2018 to the list)
- Historic Centre of Sheki with the Khan’s Palace (Visited in 2018, added in 2019 to the list)
- The 20th-century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright (Visited multiple times starting in 2000, added in 2019 to the list)