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You’ve seen them in textbooks, on postcards, and probably on your screensaver, but have you ever seen them like this?
From the Eiffel Tower to the Statue of Liberty, these iconic landmarks look strikingly different when captured from just a few steps to the left, right, or high above.
Keep scrolling to see some of the most iconic places shown in ways you’ve likely never imagined.
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#1
Mount Fuji As Seen From A Nearby City
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#2
Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany
Shark Lady 5 months ago
It's a really weird place, the mad King Ludwig died before the Castle was completed so there are loads of rooms that are empty and undecorated.
Sandra Bartsch 5 months ago
The poppies are photoshoped! Above Neuschwanstein castle is only forest, mountains and rocks - no meadows where such an amount of poppies would grow
#3
The Eiffel Tower From Underneath
Cj Churchall-McKenzie 5 months ago
looks like the ship from disneys 70s movie 'the black hole'
#4
Standing In Europe, Looking At Asia. Blue Mosque, Turkey
Wyrdwoman 5 months ago
That's not the Blue Mosque (as the Blue Mosque is in the European part of Istanbul, and is not on a hill). That's the Grand Camlica Mosque.
Robert T 5 months ago
Thank you. I saw what I presumed was the Blue Mosque when I went over the suspension bridge, and this had me worried it was a different mosque.
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Axylotlguy404 5 months ago
by that do you mean it looks so surreal and good, or fake
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The Great Wall In Simatai, China
Eroe Infinito 5 months ago (edited)
It doesn't even look real does it? Like a 3D desktop or loading screen to a video game.
CD King 5 months ago
Wow! This is the reason they built it…. You can see for miles. No hoards can sneak up on you!
Kira Okah 5 months ago (edited)
Had to be fit though, one of the parts in this area is only a metre wide and has an 80 degree gradient up the side of a mountain. Pretty sure that part is inaccessible now.
Load More Replies... Zaach 5 months ago
A construction company did not like having to drive around to a gate so they removed a section of the wall - I do not think it ended well for them
martymcmatrix 5 months ago
Just across my house there's a company selling »concrete fences«, and I always wonder why they just didn't call it »walls«...🤷🏽
#6
I Took A Picture Of The Golden Gate Bridge Last Summer
Anonymouse 5 months ago
If I am not mistaken, they paint it from one end to the other, then start all over again...
Rick Murray 5 months ago (edited)
So what, the road in an earthquake zone is held up by scaffolding? Or is that just there because work is being done? And... is that a tiny house down there on the bottom left?
#7
CN Tower Poking Out Of The Clouds On Approach Into Toronto
Rick Murray 5 months ago
Are the Toronto clouds usually that low or is that some sort of ground fog? There's a plane that flies over me on approach to an airport about 25 miles away, and some days it's in the clouds and some days below, so I think the usual clouds I get are at about 5000-6000 feet (using feet because that's what FlightRadar24 gives for the aircraft height).
JenniB 5 months ago
Lived here my whole life and I would say it's odd that the clouds are that low, this pic just got taken at a perfect moment or it was fog as you mentioned. Toronto is on Lake Ontario and many of our Toronto adjacent cities follow along the lake (we call it the golden horseshoe) and most days even from across the lake we can see the Tower pretty clearly..
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Caught This View On The Way Down From Machu Picchu
#9
Stonehenge From Above
Serial pacifist 5 months ago (edited)
It looks like a face of one of those green piggies from Angry Birds.
UKDeek 5 months ago
Stonehenge has a very interesting modern history. For many years they were just standing stones, with no real historical significance, just a curiosity on the landscape of Wiltshire. There is a great photo from c1885 showing the path next to the stones, before they were "restored" in the 1900's - https://www.academia.edu/3111354/Johnson_A_Solving_Stonehenge_History_Today#loswp-work-container
Load More Replies... Cuppa tea? 5 months ago
There's theory, that Stonehenge is unfinished project similar to Newgrange in Ireland, although that is few hundreds years older.
#10
The Top Of The Great Pyramid Of Giza, Egypt
Kira Okah 5 months ago
Not for this pyramid. The pyramidion been missing before classical antiquity, Pliny the Elder is the earliest written reference we have and he reported that the top was a platform, so it's well missing.
Load More Replies... Dusty's mom 5 months ago
It was finished. Then centuries passed. Stones fell. Still impressive!
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#11
Backside Of Tutankhamuns Mask
#12
The Acropolis Of Athens
Dusty's mom 5 months ago
Brrrrr! How did the ancient Greeks dress for winter? All the statuary and pottery kinda neglect telling us about this little situation.
XenoMurph 5 months ago
I think they stayed inside that day. But many of the Togas were wool, so quite warm
Load More Replies... Multa Nocte 5 months ago (edited)
What do they say? What do they say? What do they say - about the Acropolis - where the Parthenon is . . . ?
MagicJacket 5 months ago
"D**n it, Stephen. This better be good. " "That there are no straight lines." "Oh really?" "Whatever."
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#13
Statue Of Liberty
Jay 5 months ago (edited)
So it's wrong to love the country you live in?I know we have made way too many mistakes as a country but so has any other country in the world. What's wrong about being patriotic?
#14
The Pyramids From A Hotel Room
Robert T 5 months ago
And here it is from a Bedouin tent whilst I was having dinner on the Giza plateau. DSCN0339_2...e3bcf6.jpg 
Miomirko Buhtlić 5 months ago
This was a view from our room, only €70/night (breakfast included). A complete bargain for this priceless view. IMG_202305...c9d945.jpg 
Lee Gilliland 5 months ago
This was taken from Mena House, which used to be the King of Egypt's hunting lodge. It's well worth spending at least one night there.
April Pickett 5 months ago
I saw a picture of the Pyramids from the air, and I was amazed at how close the city was to them.
#15
Empire State Building, New York
Chewie Baron 5 months ago
Just go to the Lego Ideas website and nominate it.
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Mel in Georgia 5 months ago
Love the art deco details! It's one of my favorite architectural styles.
Richienotsorich 5 months ago
I was a bit disappointed going to the top. Didn't help that the weather was so awful.
#16
When Life Truly Comes Into View. Berg Lake Trail In Mt. Robson Provincial Park, British Columbia
#17
The Backside Of Dracula's Castle, Romania
Remi (He/Him) 5 months ago
It is, but for some reason Bran castle (near Brasov) is marketing itself as Dracula's castle
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Dave In MD 5 months ago
Been there, it's cool but is not Dracula's castle since he is a character in a book. Didn't have anything to do with Vlad the Impaler either.
#18
Fuji Mountain At Sunset
#19
Insane Perspective On Just How Immense The Great Pyramid Of Giza Is
April Pickett 5 months ago
Are people allowed on the Egyptian pyramids? The pyramids in Mexico won't allow people on them. Idiots still try.
#20
The Back Of Notre Dame Was Just As Nice As The Front
Bored Birgit 5 months ago
I've been there in the 80s, and Notre Dame was totally black before it got cleaned.
Rick Murray 5 months ago
What do you mean *was*? It reopened, following reconstruction, at the end of last year.
#21
Sydney Opera House
Mel in Georgia 5 months ago
It is stunning in person. Totally evokes catching the wind in sails and shells in nature.
UKDeek 5 months ago
No idea why you got downvoted - not everyone will understand an artist's vision, even after concepts have been explained, which is fine.
Load More Replies... Rick Murray 5 months ago
Was it designed to look like that just to look like that, or is there some sort of special thing about the construction that's more visible internally to, for instance, amplify the performers? Is it naturally resonant, or something like that?
Rick Murray 5 months ago
A quick Google suggests that it was designed like that simply in order to look the way it does, like stylised boat sails.
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Rachel Parker 5 months ago
Ah, so yes, it is confusing. But the thing you need to know is, it’s not really a house.
Margaret H 5 months ago
Slippers for a family of one-legged people. Mum, Dad, and little Priscilla...
#22
Eiffel Tower, Paris - Early Morning Walk With My Wife
Dusty's mom 5 months ago
Another great photo! Paris needs to use photos like this to promote the city!
Shark Lady 5 months ago
Paris is one of those places that doesn't really need to promote itself.
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#24
Niagara Falls From The Air Showing Horseshoe Falls And American Falls With Goat Island Dividing Them
Lee Gilliland 5 months ago
The little islands to the right of Goat Island are called the Three Sisters and you can visit them.
#25
The View Of Edinburgh Castle From My Bed
Chewie Baron 5 months ago
I had a view similar to this of the castle when I lived in Edinburgh.
bernie bulk 5 months ago
ok,dumb aussie here,who lives in edinburgh castle ???could you wave to em ???
#26
A Gorgeous View From Istanbul University Library, Blue Mosque - Istanbul
Tolga IŞIKYILDIZ 5 months ago
Not Blue Mosque either. This is Suleymaniye Mosque, named after Suleyman the Magnificient
Pyla 5 months ago
Amazing how half baked some of these are from Turkey. Why so inaccurate, bored panda?
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A More Depressing View Of The Taj Mahal
Nea 5 months ago
As an Indian, it breaks my heart that I cant defend us against your comment.
Load More Replies... Mel in Georgia 5 months ago
India has so much potential - so many wonderful people - wish they could solve the extreme poverty problem and teach the world how to do it.
The Darkest Timeline 5 months ago
The Western world takes a lot of heat for how much trash we generate through consumption but the vast majority of the Pacific garbage patch comes from Asia. Sanitation management in that part of the world is awful.
bernie bulk 5 months ago
a custom that the locals have brought to australia...not happy apu...take your bloody rubbish home
Uncle Schmickle 5 months ago
I don't know why India can't clean up its' filth ? There's enough people to do the work !
The Cute Cat 5 months ago
It is a shame that a civilization that venerated the river in their holy text allow such pollution. It will be easy to use religious reason to punish anyone like factory owner for dumping waste water directly to their holy river...
#28
Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet
Howl's sleeping castle 5 months ago
Same and i accepted it because for some reason I thought Lhasa is some kind of soup.
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Looking Out My Window In Giza, Egypt
#30
Great Sphinx Of Giza, Egypt
BrunoVI 5 months ago
If the tail was up, you'd be able to see the little cat butt... I mean sphinxter.
Stephanie Did It 5 months ago
Interesting how the tail emerges from the left rear and not from the middle.
#31
The Most Impressive Hotel Room View I've Ever Had, Annapurna Circuit, Nepal
#32
The Great Wall Of China In The East Is Well-Preserved, In Western China, Not So Much
Kira Okah 5 months ago
This is what remains of the wall by 玉门关 (Yumen Pass), a very important early Han Dynasty (121 BC) gate that was in use up to the Tang Dynasty (can't find a specific date), when it fell into disuse. Can't find records of the materials, though the gate still stands and that is stone, so I expect this wall is too, especially given that this was right by the most important gateway into classical era China. There are older parts of the wall that were temporary and made of dirt, but that was Qin Dynasty, and this is definitely Han Dynasty.
Hiram's Friend 5 months ago
Just look at it. The brush that was used to separate the layers and provide lateral stability is poking through the mud.
Load More Replies... Kira Okah 5 months ago
Yes, parts of the eastern sections, esecially around Beijing, have seen extensive modern restoration. The touristy photos are all in sections that have been heavily (and in some parts poorly and/or inaccurately) restored for tourism.
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Harish Bhardwaj 5 months ago
Also remember, the great wall of China was built for protection 'from' China.
#33
I Work In A Bar Owned By A Lord And Lady Who Live In A Castle On An Island You Can Only Walk To At Low Tide
Forrest Hobbs 5 months ago
Judy Reynolds: it's possible that stone for building would have been shipped in. Ships can carry an awful lot more than a horse and cart. I've just discovered that the island has been served by a wire rope hauled underground tramway since about 1900: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Michael%27s_Mount_Tramway
Load More Replies... Christine Didier 5 months ago
Well darn it. I've been to Cornwall, once. I missed this, I would have loved to see this.
#34
Top View Of The Forbidden City, China
#35
Kościuszko Mound In Krakow
#36
From The Top Of St. Peter's Dome
KazzaHazza 5 months ago
I’ve been up there and let me tell ya, it’s a thigh burner to get to the top!
Jamie Peterson 5 months ago
The view at the top is worth the hike up the stairs (many many stairs)
Mel in Georgia 5 months ago
It's quite a climb to get up there, and a claustrophobic travel-mate about lost her mind navigating the narrow corridors. She was shaking and crying by the time we got to the top. But she did it! The view was amazing.
#37
Not Your Typical View Of The Pyramids, Interesting Take However
DeShotz 5 months ago
There is a very abundant water supply nearby called the Nile. It was pretty easy for them to get water there when they built the course over 125 years ago.
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NetworkMan 5 months ago
One bad swing and you'll end up in the worst sand trap imaginable. Then again, you're also one bad swing away from a pretty good mini-golf course.
#38
Drone Shot Of The Parthenon From Above
Pyla 5 months ago
Downvote me to h3ll, I don't mind them being in the UK. That's where I saw them.
Load More Replies... Rick Murray 5 months ago
Isn't all this Greek stuff owned by Dubai or Qatar or some place like that these days? 😢
#39
This Granite Obelisk At Prague Castle Blends With The Sky
Axylotlguy404 5 months ago
why does it look so big, since it looks behind the building??? how does that work, maybe photoshop or something. my brain isnt braining
BBBBBB MMMMMM 5 months ago
It looks odd because one face is reflecting the building. Its not positioned behind it.
Todd 5 months ago
Something is not right here - https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g274707-d25419040-Reviews-Prague_Castle_Obelisk-Prague_Bohemia.html
Cheese 5 months ago
It's the angle they took the photo at. It makes it look much bigger
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Aerial View Of The Bean In Chicago
#41
The Pantheon In Rome, As Seen From Two Slightly Different Angles
Hiram's Friend 5 months ago
what's amazing is the lack of hordes of tourists in the first picture.
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#42
A Size Comparison Of A Human And A Toe Of The World’s Tallest Statue "Statue Of Unity", India
#43
Big Ben On A Nice Day, London
Jerry Bee 5 months ago
They'll never learn. But good of you to repeat it now and then.
Load More Replies... Dusty's mom 5 months ago
Actually Big Ben is a bell. The rest is the clock tower.
Load More Replies... MagicJacket 5 months ago
Coming out of the tube station at night and looking up at that thing is one of the most thrilling things I have ever seen. Not sure why it affected me so much. I felt like a kid at an amusement park. It is fantastic at night.
#44
The Most Famous Painting In The World From A Different Angle
Undercover 5 months ago
The Mona Lisa is, imho, one of the biggest and longest ongoing hypes that lack foundation. Someone called it the most important painting and the inflated hype is going on for decades. Leonardo WAS in fact a literal genius at his time, but there are literally thousands of historic paintings that are at least at the same artistic levels (just watch at how the Dutch masters painted fur! ). Leonardo did a ton of paintings that are way more interesting (sketches of machines etc)
JenC 5 months ago
I personally think it's one of his less impressive paintings.
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Cuppa tea? 5 months ago
How lucky I was to enjoy portrait Lady with ermine, also by Da Vinci. It's alone in small room, with just handful of people. I'm not telling where is it.
Jane Hower 4 months ago
Why bother. Best to just see great pics of this pic than get in a crowd of people like that and not be close.
April Pickett 5 months ago
Hey guys, they didn't say it was the most beautiful painting, they said it's the most famous.
Tim Fawcett 5 months ago
Have they found where it says "This is a fake" in felt tip under the paint?
#45
Mt. Rushmore From An Unusual Angle
Kat 5 months ago
On opposite wall I see a lady with her eyes closed, pursed lips….now I can’t stop seeing it.
Robin Roper 5 months ago
She is probably native and her pursed lips are the response to the desecration to the sacred land and rock.
Load More Replies... Multa Nocte 5 months ago
I believe we are actually talking about Tȟuŋkášila Šákpe or "Six Grandfathers" here.
Dusty's mom 5 months ago
George Washington at Mount Rushmore. He's accompanied by Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. Black Hills of South Dakota, USA.
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Mel in Georgia 5 months ago
I know Mount Rushmore has a reputation for a "don't see" American tourist attraction, but I found the site, its surroundings, and the story about it well-worth visiting. Would recommend going in the off-season, though!
Me, Myself, & I 5 months ago
I've taken that picture; its from a pull of just west of the visitor's center.
Panda'sMom 5 months ago
I took a photo from this same angle. I enlarged it on canvas and hung it on my wall. One of my favorite Black Hills photos.
#46
La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain
martymcmatrix 5 months ago
Yeah, it's a neverending story due to never ending stories (added atop)...⛪ 🏗️ 👷🏽 ⚒️
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Pyla 5 months ago
This is Art Nouveau taken to such an extreme, it just isn't my thing. There is so little restraint.
Mel in Georgia 5 months ago (edited)
Read "Pillars of the Earth" for an epic novel about the century-long construction of a complex cathedral (and the drama of the people involved). Take your time with the La Sagrada Familia and do it right! It's amazing!
#47
Pisa Leaning Tower Inside
Kyra Noelle 5 months ago
Originally intended as the bell tower for the Cathedral of Pisa, the building is a testament to Romanesque architecture, featuring characteristic elements such as semi-circular arches, robust columns, and decorative arcading.
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sofacushionfort 5 months ago
Planned to be lined with bookshelves for liturgical documents. A missal silo
bernie bulk 5 months ago
testitmoney to dodgy buiders, skimping on materials...a practice faithfully followed to this day
#48
This Photo Brought Me A Fame Years Ago. This Is The Second Tallest Building In The World. Shanghai Tower, China
Eski Del Puerto 5 months ago
when he falls from there or some other daredevil stunt, my advise would have been 'you should have stayed home'. i don't understand all this daredevil s**t. it often ends badly.
Jamie Peterson 5 months ago
Sign me up for that Birds Eye view please - preferably with ropes!!
Roxy222uk 5 months ago
If you went up there without permission and without safety equipment you are a selfish t.w.a.t.. You're young enough to think you wouldn't fall because you think you wouldn't fall, but arrogant young men have accidents all the time, and putting other people through that it was makes it so selfish.
#49
View From The Top Of Christ The Redeemer
Rafael 5 months ago
Wait until you find out it is made of "soap stone", and the name is totally unironic. Really does feel like soap.
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Sidra Naqvi 5 months ago
it is not right to walk upon even the statue of Jesus peace be upon him,please others dont do this
#50
View From The Tip Of Crazy Horse's Index Finger
Sculpture started in 1948 in the Black Hills of South Dakota. There is no ETA on a completion date. Twice a year you can climb to the top during the Volk's March and get some great photo ops.
NetworkMan 5 months ago
Oh, it's a finger... I thought this gentleman might have had a very lucky partner.
Jamie Peterson 5 months ago
Probably did. Until we killed native nations.
Load More Replies... Panda'sMom 5 months ago
People complain about the slow completion. 1) this was started by a SINGLE person. 2) This project receives ZERO Government Funding (unlike when Mount Rushmore was built). 3) Progress is paid by DONATIONS.
Mel in Georgia 5 months ago
Its aim is to be the largest mountain carving in the world. The Native American museum there is amazing, representing Native American art and culture from all of North America.
#51
Went To Niagara Falls And Was Shocked To Discover That The Best View Was From Our Hotel Room
GirlFriday 5 months ago
I visited both sides of the falls and I was surprised at the number of signs with crisis hotline numbers, or encouraging phrases, or offering help for mental illness, etc. We asked a park ranger about it, and she told us that the falls was a common place for ending things. So much sadness in such a beautiful place.
#52
Took A Quick Shot Of The CN Tower Framed Up Nicely
#53
Palisade In Gateway Colorado. Not A Bad View From The Patio Of My Hotel Room
#54
Mount Rushmore
#55
Aerial Shot Of Burj Khalifa
#56
From The Petronas Twin Tower Observation Deck
#57
Construction On The Gateway Arch, 1965
GirlFriday 5 months ago
The Arch is a beautiful National Park, and I do not understand the attraction to go up in the Arch. It sways in the wind and motion sickness is inevitable.
#58
Lincoln Memorial Before The Reflecting Pool
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Hiram's Friend 5 months ago
I'd really to like to know how some of the photographers got permission you use drones. Many landmarks in the US prohibit their use. cf. Ukraine.
Hiram's Friend 5 months ago
I'd really to like to know how some of the photographers got permission you use drones. Many landmarks in the US prohibit their use. cf. Ukraine.
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