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Once again, I was recently a guest on the Amateur Traveler Podcast with Chris Christensen. This time we talked about the UNESCO World Heritage Sites on the United States.
As of the time of recording in 2015, there are 22 world heritage sites in the United States, and I have been to 21 of them:
- Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site (1982)
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park (1995)
- Chaco Culture (1987)
- Everglades National Park (1979)
- Grand Canyon National Park (1979)
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (1983)
- Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (1987)
- Independence Hall (1979)
- Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek (1979)
- La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico (1983)
- Mammoth Cave National Park (1981)
- Mesa Verde National Park (1978)
- Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville (1987)
- Monumental Earthworks of Poverty Point (2014)
- Olympic National Park (1981)
- Papahnaumokukea (2010)
- San Antonio Missions (2015)
- Statue of Liberty (1984)
- Taos Pueblo (1992)
- Redwood National and State Parks (1980)
- Waterton Glacier International Peace Park (1995)
- Yellowstone National Park (1978)
- Yosemite National Park (1984)
