Few have seen as many as Gary Arndt. <\/p>\n
It's been nearly eight years since the founder of travel blog Everything-everywhere.com sold his house to hit the road as a full-time traveler. <\/p>\n
Since then, the Wisconsin native has been to 291 UNESCO World Heritage Sites -- a feat achieved by visiting all seven continents, more than 170 countries and territories, every state and territory in the United States, every Canadian province and every Australian state. <\/p>\n
Now a well-known fixture in the travel blogging world, Arndt made a name for himself by capturing award-winning photos of his journeys -- he says he learned to shoot on his own through trial and error -- with World Heritage Sites being a particular area of expertise. <\/p>\n
Originally, however, visiting so many UNESCO-listed sites wasn't on his mind when he set out to see the world in March 2007. <\/p>\n
\"I'm not even sure I was aware of the list until after I had been to Volcanoes National Park [Hawaii], which is what I list as my first World Heritage Site visit,\" he says. <\/p>\n
\"After a few months traveling, I was heading to New Zealand and I was aware that they had two sites on the list, so I made it a point to visit them. <\/p>\n
\"I then went way out of my way to visit East Rennell in the Solomon Islands, which is one of the least visited World Heritage Sites in the world.\" <\/p>\n
It was at this point that he decided he'd try to make a meaningful visit to as many of the sites he could and document them for his readers. <\/p>\n
He now has a dedicated page on which he maps his visits, with each link featuring a writeup and photo of the site. <\/p>\n
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