"My Favorite VT pages, and other Lists (UNESCO)" Personal Page by frankcanfly

UNESCO World Heritage Sites I've visited:

Afghanistan

Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley

Australia
Kakadu National Park
Greater Blue Mountains Area
Sydney Opera House

Austria
Historic Centre of Vienna

Belgium
La Grand-Place, Brussels

Canada
Old Town Lunenburg
Rideau Canal

Chile
Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso

China
The Great Wall
Imperial Palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing
Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing
Historic Centre of Macao

Costa Rica
Area de Conservación Guanacaste

Czech Republic
Historic Centre of Cesky Krumlov
Historic Centre of Prague

Ecuador
City of Quito

France
Palace and Park of Versailles
Paris, Banks of the Seine

Germany
Town of Bamberg
Upper Middle Rhine Valley
Old town of Regensburg

Hungary
Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue

India
Agra Fort
Taj Mahal
Churches and Convents of Goa
Elephanta Caves
Humayun's Tomb, Delhi
Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus)
Red Fort Complex

Israel
Masada
Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba
Incense Route - Desert Cities in the Negev

Italy
Historic Centre of Florence

Japan
Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto
Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu

Jerusalem
Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls

Luxembourg
City of Luxembourg

Peru
Historic Centre of Lima

Panama
Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo
Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic District of Panamá

Poland
Historic Centre of Warsaw

Oman
Bahla Fort
The Land of Frankincense
Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman

Romania
Danube Delta

Russian Federation
Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow
Lake Baikal

Senegal
Island of Gorée

South Africa
Robben Island
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas

United Kingdom
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
City of Bath
Hadrian's Wall
Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey
Tower of London
Maritime Greenwich
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Historic Town of St George, Bermuda

United States of America
Yellowstone
Grand Canyon National Park
Everglades National Park
Independence Hall
Olympic National Park
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
La Fortaleza and San Juan Historic Site in Puerto Rico
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Yosemite National Park
Statue of Liberty
Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Carlsbad Caverns National Park

Vietnam
Ha Long Bay

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

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My Extremes:

Farthest North: Barrow, Alaska (71.34 N)
Farthest South: South Pole, Antarctica (90.0 S)

Farthest East (& return): Agra, India
Farthest West (& return): Jessore, Bangladesh

I circled the globe Eastbound in 1990, and Westbound in 2007, so I've crossed ALL lines on Longitude and can't technically make the above claims.

Highest (non-flying) Altitude: 14,110 foot (Pikes Peak, Colorado, USA)

Lowest Altitude: -1,349 ft (Dead Sea, Israel)

Longest flight: 16h20m / 6,353 miles [10,164 km] {Mumbai, India (BOM) to New York, USA (JFK)}

Longest one way drive: 2721 miles [4,361 km] (Baltimore, MD to La Jolla, California) (overnights in: Little Rock, Oklahoma City, Albuquerque, Truth or Consequences, Tucson)

Longest rail trip: XXX miles [XXX km] Nuremburg, Germany to Hong Kong
(via Berlin, Warsaw, Minsk, Moscow, Irkutsk, Ulan Bataar & Beijing)

Keeping Count:

Planets: 1
Continents: 7
Oceans: 4
Countries: 99
U.S. States: 50 (U.S. State Capitol buildings: 50)
Mexican States: 6
Canadian Provinces: 7

Places I've lived (minimum 3 months)

Furth, Germany
Baltimore Metro Area, Maryland
Biloxi, Mississippi
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Okinawa, Japan
Little Rock, Arkansas
Hagerstown, Maryland
Columbus, Mississippi
Corpus Christi, Texas
Cincinnati, OH/Northern KY
Doha, Qatar

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