# World Heritage list **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 8, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-heritage-list/612213 "2012-02-08T17:56:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lawbuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@lawbuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawbuff)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-heritage-list/612213/1 "2012-02-08T17:56:32Z")
UNESCO’s prestigious list is as follows in the United States, how many have you been to? I have toured Jefferson’s Monticello, Independence Hall in Philadelphia and drove through the great Smokey Mountains. The list is meant to be sites that must be preserved at all cost, if lost, it would be tragic to culture, etc. I am amazed why the White House is not on it? Independence Hall is one of my favorite places I have ever visited. To stand in the actual room where they drafted and signed the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution was just awesome. The chair on display at the head of the desk George Washington sat in as President of the Constitutional convention is the original. > **[United States of America - UNESCO World Heritage Convention](https://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/us)** > > United States of America - UNESCO World Heritage Convention ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-heritage-list/612213/2 "2012-02-08T21:03:39Z")
[moderating] Moved from GQ to IMHO. [/moderating] ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-heritage-list/612213/3 "2012-02-09T05:50:08Z")
Independence Hall Statue of Liberty Olympic National Park Redwood National and State Parks Yellowstone National Park Yosemite National Park Screwed up by taking the wrong damn highway and missing the Everglades:smack:. I’m thinking I’ll go back there. The Grand Canyon should be on that list. I’ve been to a bunch more outside the USA. According to this list [UNESCO World Heritage Centre - World Heritage List](http://whc.unesco.org/en/list) I’ve been to at least another 80. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-heritage-list/612213/4 "2012-02-09T14:05:29Z")
1. Don’t feel like typing all of them. But I’m only missing a couple from the lower 48. Are you even allowed to visit the Pueblo de Taos, I was under the impression that it was still in use as a community center. (Although I might be wrong and you might be able to visit parts of it.) If you count just being within a block or so of it, then I’ve been to 11 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lawbuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@lawbuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawbuff)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-heritage-list/612213/5 "2012-02-09T17:00:54Z")
> [@Darryl\_Lict](#): > > I’ve been to a bunch more outside the USA. According to this list [UNESCO World Heritage Centre - World Heritage List](http://whc.unesco.org/en/list) I’ve been to at least another 80. Wow, that is awesome. I would love to travel like that!! ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-heritage-list/612213/6 "2012-02-09T17:10:18Z")
I’ve been to Independence Hall and Monticello. From the pending list, I’ve been to Mount Vernon. ---
**Author:** ![lawbuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@lawbuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawbuff)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-heritage-list/612213/7 "2012-02-09T17:28:09Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > I’ve been to Independence Hall and Monticello. From the pending list, I’ve been to Mount Vernon. I have been to Mount Vernon also, very nice tour. As you know, George and Martha are buried right there on the grounds in above ground tombs. MV and Monticello are privately owned too. I live in Ohio, and at the Rutheford B. Hayes Museum, they have a lock of George Washington’s hair. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-heritage-list/612213/8 "2012-02-10T05:49:07Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > 1. Are you even allowed to visit the Pueblo de Taos, [Sure.](http://www.taospueblo.com/visiting.php) ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-heritage-list/612213/9 "2012-02-10T07:37:11Z")
For the US: Independence Hall, seen Ms Libby (haven’t actually been to her island), Everglades. When I worked in Philadelphia, I worked with my back to Independence Hall… For [Spain](http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/es) I’m _missing_: Las Médulas, Salamanca, Ávila, Sierra Verde, La Laguna, Garajonay, El Teide and Ibiza. So basically the Canary Islands, Ibiza and a handful of spots in the NW… maybe I’ll solve it in a couple of vacations, I’ve long wanted to go to the Canary Islands and my BFF lives in Tenerife. ---
**Author:** ![bartleby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bartleby/32/10491_2.png) [@bartleby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bartleby)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-heritage-list/612213/10 "2012-02-10T13:47:27Z")
i could seriously live in a UNESCO World Heritage Site? in OHIO?!