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Article created by: Mindaugas Balčiauskas

We love taking a few snaps while on holiday, keeping memories alive, and sharing our experiences in the world's most beautiful and fascinating places to visit with our friends. Good travel photographs capture the very essence of a destination, whether it be a famous landmark, colorful culture, architecture, history, or local cuisine.

We celebrate amazing travel photography and rightly so, but what about the times when it all goes wrong? Those hilarious occasions when people have traveled across the world and completely failed to share its beauty in a photograph. Times when they would've found more culture in their local supermarket than that blurry pic of the pyramids. This list of disappointing travel photos is funny for its self-awareness. These people understand the irony of traveling thousands of miles to see a tourist attraction that just happens to be cloaked in fog or undergoing repairs.

Scroll down below to see a collection of the very worst travel images of gorgeous places to see ever taken, and share your own in the comments!

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#1

I Finally Got To See The Golden Gate Bridge Today

Man wearing glasses and a hoodie smiling for a selfie with a foggy background in an unsuccessful travel photo.

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    Not Mount Rushmore, But I Woke Up At 3am And Hiked Up Machu Picchu To Be There At Sunrise...

    Llama making a funny face in front of foggy ruins, capturing one of the hilariously unsuccessful travel photos moments.

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    #3

    Traveled Thousands Of Miles To See The Big Ben

    Palace of Westminster under renovation with scaffolding, an example of hilariously unsuccessful travel photos.

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    After Our 9 Hour Car Ride, This Is The Picture My Mom Took Of Us At Mt. Rushmore

    Two boys posing in front of a monument with a rocky mountain and trees, a funny unsuccessful travel photo.

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    #5

    Took A 6 Hour Coach Journey To See The View From Hitler’s Eagles Nest (Bavaria, Germany)

    Man in white shirt and shorts posing on rocky ground with foggy background in hilariously unsuccessful travel photo.

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    4 Days Of Trekking Through Mud To Machu Picchu Resulted In This Glorious View

    Man wearing a green shirt and hat posing with a foggy mountain backdrop, an example of unsuccessful travel photos.

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    #7

    I Saved Up My Entire Life For A Dream Trip To Mt Fuji. Here's The Best Photo From It

    Pagoda framed by tree branches overlooking a cloudy cityscape, an example of hilariously unsuccessful travel photos.

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    #8

    This Is Me Experiencing The Grand Canyon

    Man in Arizona hoodie posing on snowy ledge with foggy background in a hilariously unsuccessful travel photo moment

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    #9

    Mt. Everest View At A Peak In Nepal

    Foggy travel photo with an obscured mountain view and a guide sign showing Mt. Everest and surrounding peaks

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    #10

    Drove All The Way From Southern California To See The Golden Gate Bridge

    Blank gray wall with uneven lighting, illustrating an example of hilariously unsuccessful travel photos.

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    #11

    Flew To The National Gallery In London To See Van Gogh's Sunflowers (Free Entrance) Only To Learn It's Been Loaned To Another Exhibition With $25 Entrance Fee....

    Museum label for Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers with the painting removed, an example of unsuccessful travel photos.

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    #12

    I Flew 10+ Hours To See Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany

    Castle and trees barely visible through dense fog, a classic example of hilariously unsuccessful travel photos.

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    Drove 1 1/2 Hours Out Of Our Way To See Mount Rushmore. It Was Foggy When We Got There

    Young man in a rain jacket posing on a foggy overlook, capturing one of the hilariously unsuccessful travel photos.

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    #14

    My Parents Got To Visit Mt. Rushmore Today For The First Time. The View Is Spectacular!

    Couple posing on a foggy terrace with no visible view behind stone wall in a hilariously unsuccessful travel photo.

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    #15

    I Drove 21 Hours To Mount Rainier, And It Was Cloaked In Fog For Days

    Half selfie with person blocking scenic waterfall view next to full scenic travel photo of a waterfall and mountain background.

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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Very typical. That's why people here say, "The mountain is out today!" when it's clear.

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    #16

    Climbed To The Top Of Mt Fuji To See Sunrise At 04.30, But It Was Foggy And Wet And Cold

    Man wearing glasses and a hooded jacket taking a blurred selfie outdoors in a poorly lit setting, an unsuccessful travel photo.

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    #17

    8 Hour Flight, 5 Weeks Of Anticipation, And An Hour Long Bus Ride To See The Cliffs Of Moher. Fog Had Other Plans

    Foggy cliff edge with hikers in the distance, illustrating one of the hilariously unsuccessful travel photos.

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    #18

    I Went On A Three Week Trek Around Mt. Manaslu In The Himalayas. Part Of It Peeked Through The Clouds One Time...

    Yak grazing on a rocky hillside under cloudy skies in a scenic but unsuccessful travel photo.

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    #19

    Hiked 4 Days To See Machu Picchu

    Man taking an unsuccessful travel photo with dense fog obscuring the background during outdoor hiking trip.

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    #20

    The Time I Flew 13 Hours To See The Great Wall

    Woman in a red coat standing on a foggy stone walkway with a brick wall, depicting unsuccessful travel photos.

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    #21

    Went To Visit Casa Batlló In Barcelona

    Colorful architectural building photographed successfully on the left, while the right side shows an unsuccessful travel photo with scaffolding.

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    #22

    Traveled All The Down To See The Golden Gate Bridge And This Is What I Got

    Golden Gate Bridge disappearing into fog, a hilariously unsuccessful travel photo with blurred landmark and unclear sky.

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    #23

    Traveled​ To Wittenberg, Germany In 2011. The Door Martin Luther Nailed The 95 Thesis To Was Being Restored

    Wooden boards covering a historic building entrance with a printed photo of the original door in unsuccessful travel photos.

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    #24

    My Trip To Mount Rushmore Last Year

    Young man in a red jacket giving thumbs up during a foggy and hilariously unsuccessful travel photo moment.

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    #25

    Flew To Another Continent To Watch The Glacier 3000, Cant Say Worth It

    Foggy mountain pathway with a barely visible bridge and snowy surroundings in a travel photo fail moment.

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    #26

    This Is Why Selfie Sticks Were Invented

    Two men posing in front of Mount Rushmore in a hilariously unsuccessful travel photo with one person turned away.

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    #27

    When You Go To London To See Big Ben

    Big Ben covered in scaffolding during renovation under a blue sky, an example of unsuccessful travel photos.

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    #28

    The Spectacle That Is Mount Rushmore

    Man in a cap taking a selfie in foggy rocky terrain with trees, illustrating hilariously unsuccessful travel photos concept.

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    #29

    Went Out Of My Way To Visit Crater Lake

    Foggy lake scene with trees and mountains obscured, illustrating hilariously unsuccessful travel photos with poor visibility.




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