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50 Unseen Sides Of Well-Known Places That May Leave You Asking ‘What Else Is Hidden?’
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There are some places many of us can immediately recognize even if we’ve never been there: the Eiffel Tower, the Great Pyramids of Giza, the Taj Mahal… to name but a few. They’re the icons of the world, photographed millions of times throughout history. Often, the photos we see of famous places look pretty similar, which is probably why they stick in our minds like the beautiful dreams of our next travel adventure.
But sometimes, people go the extra mile, and think outside the box when documenting the places they visit. These types of unique photographs can give us a totally different perspective of something we’ve seen plenty of times before, making us think of them in a way we might never have considered. If you’re craving a trip to your next bucket-list destination but don’t have the time or money, don’t despair.
Bored Panda has put together a list of photographs of iconic places, captured in cool and unique ways. Get cozy and keep scrolling for an interesting adventure around the world, and don’t forget to upvote the ones that captivate you the most. We also spoke to the brilliant street and architecture photographer Alessio La Ruffa for some advice on how to take epic photos that stand out from the rest.
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#1
This Is What The End Of 13,000 Miles Of The Great Wall Of China Looks Like
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#2
Image Of Mount Fuji Taken From The International Space Station
#3
Rare Fresh Water Sinkhole In Tulum Mexico With Unlimited Visibility Underwater
#4
Mars Sunset
#5
This Much More Interesting Painting Directly Across From The Mona Lisa
#6
The Great Sphinx Of Giza Has A Tail
#7
This Is What The Himalayas Look Like From International Space Station
#8
Leonardo Da Vinci's The Last Supper
#9
A Green Stone Located In The Ancient City Of Hattusa (Çorum, Turkey Today). Purpose Of The Stone Is Unknown But It Is Believed To Have Religious Origins
This stone has sat in the exact same place for over 3,000 years.
#10
Astronomical Clock. In Prague's Old Town Square, Prague
#11
Grotto In An Iceberg, Photographed During The British Antarctic Expedition Of 1911-1913, 5 Jan 1911
#12
Looking Up To Santorini From The Sea
#13
... The Deutsches Schauspielhaus With 1200 Seats Is Germany’s Largest Theatre - It Opened The First Time On September 15th 1900. This Is Behind The Scene
#14
Four Miles Of Tunnels 72 Feet Underneath Tokyo Designed To Prevent The City From Flooding. The Whole System Is Absolutely Huge
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 1 year ago
Wasn't Lord of the Rings filmed there? I think I can see one of the orcs crawling along the walls
#15
Octagon (Egyptian Ministry Of Defense) Seen From The Plane
#16
The Colors Of Iceland 2020
#17
Photo I Took Of Mount Everest Out The Window Of A Commercial Flight To Bhutan In 2011
#18
A Modern Day Basketball Court Against 700 Year Old Walls In Dubrovnik, Croatia
Summer Days 1 year ago
Dubrovnik is one of the coolest places in Balkans. Must visit, although they had an issue with overtourism, especially after Game of Thrones was filmed there
#19
This Is What Ireland Looks Like From Space
#20
Inside The Chimney Of An Irish Castle Built In The 1100s
#21
Backside Of The Statue Of Liberty
#22
I Cremate Your Loved Ones With Extreme Care, Dignity, And The Utmost Respect. For You That Might Wonder, This Is What The Inside Of A Cremation Chamber Looks Like
#23
This Is What The Inside Of The Leaning Tower Of Pisa Looks Like
#24
The Shell Of The White House During The Renovation In 1950s
#25
I Saw The Pyramids On My Flight
#26
This Is Mount Rushmore Before The Presidential Heads Were Carved Into It
#27
Terrible Tilly
The Tillamook Lighthouse Off The Oregon Coast, Built In 1881 It Was Abandoned 75 Years Later Due To The Dangerous Location. It Is Now Privately-Owned And Was Used As A Columbarium For Several Decades. Currently Listed For Sale For $6.5 Million.
Ron Man 1 year ago
If you didn't know, a Columbarium is a place where you store human remains in cremation urns. They lost their license to do that as the structure will eventually collapse. Helicopter is the only real way to access the island now, and only the owners can. It's off limits for events and can only be accessed outside of seabird nesting season. A cool location that will eventually be washed away
#28
The Inside Of An North Korea Airport
#29
Canadian-Us Border In Northern Idaho. They Cut Down All The Trees Along The Border To Mark It
#30
Behind The Price Is Right Wheel
Ashtophet’sRevenge 1 year ago
Im hearing the sound in my head, it’s the sound of a day off from school… back when we had no cable or internet…
#31
The Modern "Bulb" In A 150-Year-Old Lighthouse
#32
Standing On Top Of A Nuclear Reactor
#33
Flying Over Antartica From Chile To Australia
#34
An Inside Of Al Capone's Cell As It Exists Today At Eastern State Penitentiary
#35
Sitting On The Arm Of Christ The Redeemer
#36
The Insides Of A Movie Theater Screen
#37
Charlie Duke's Family Portrait Left On The Surface Of The Moon. Cat Crater At Station 14 Was Named For Sons Charles And Tom. Dot Crater At Station 16 Was Named For His Wife
#38
Golden Gate Bridge Under Construction, San Francisco, California
#39
What The Artist Sees During Tiny Desk Performances
#40
Saw The North Sentinel Island While On The Return Flight From Port Blair, South Andaman
MrLiesegang 1 year ago
Hm, i‘m interested what the people of Sentinel Island think of the planes… but I’m to afraid to ask them.
#41
Gatun Locks, Construction Of Gates, Panama Canal
#42
Journey Behind The Falls
#43
Empty Airplane Without Seats
#44
Burj Al Babas, Turkey
Factory of princesses or a horizontal skyscraper with abandoned castles.
700 were planned, but about 600 were completed!!! identical castles in the region between Istanbul and Ankara have been abandoned for probably 8 years. The village, which was built as an elite housing for foreigners from countries with rich oil deposits, went bankrupt after the fall in oil prices and still stands in the middle of beautiful mountains.
#45
The Tomb Of Tutankhamun, From The Outside
#46
This Is What The Eiffel Tower Looked Like While It Was Under Construction
#47
Behind The Baseball Scoreboard
#48
There's A Golf Course Right Next To The Great Pyramid Of Giza
MrLiesegang 1 year ago
Awe-inspiring? Looks Like urban hell to me. And wow, the costs to water it in the desert…
#49
Statue Of Unity
ThatCrazyChick 1 year ago
I'll have to Google this one. I've never seen it before. "It's massive!"
#50
Saw This Building That Is Upside Down
Wang Zhuang 1 year ago
Oh, this looks like the Wonderworks Building in Orlando. It's an amusement facility
#51
Inside An Oscar Mayer Weiner Mobile
#52
The Oval Office Sits Empty During Renovations
#53
Alternate Angle Of The Golden Globes Red Carpet 2017
#54
The Time Pyramid Of Wemding, After The 2023 Installation
The Zeitpyramide is an unfinished concrete pyramid. Because a block is only placed every 10 years, it is expected to be completed in 3183.
#55
Here's What The Space Behind A Movie Theater Screen Looks Like. This Is The Amc Prime Theater At The Barrywoods 24 Location In Kansas City, Missouri
#56
This Is Plymouth Rock
Morris McGurk 1 year ago
Yup, can confirm, looks like a rock. Source: seen other rocks before.
#57
Everest Base Camp On A Stormy Day
#58
Diamond Mine In Russia
June 13, 1955, geologists searching for a kimberlite pipe in Yakutia saw a tall larch tree, the roots of which were exposed by a landslide. A fox dug a deep hole under it. By the characteristic bluish color of the earth scattered by the fox, the geologists realized that it was kimberlite. A coded radiogram was immediately sent to Moscow: "Lighted a peace pipe, excellent tobacco."
Soon
, the workers' settlement of Mirny grew up around the diamond deposit; now it is a city with a population of 35 thousand people. The quarry is 535 meters deep and more than a kilometer in diameter. Diamonds are mined in the most difficult weather conditions. For example, subzero temperatures last seven months of the year, and frosts of -60 °C are not uncommon in winter.
#59
The Trevi Fountain In Rome Has Been Emptied And A Little Pool Was Put In Front Of It So Tourists Could Throw A Coin
Alison Hobbs 1 year ago
This only happens when the fountain is cleaned and coins are removed. It's then refilled
#60
Cooling Towers At Nuclear Power Plants Are Open At The Bottom
#61
Million Bottle Temple
The main building at Wat Pa Maha Chedio Kaew, more commonly know as "The Million Bottle Temple" or "Wat Lan Kuad" in Thai. This Buddhist temple about 300 miles from Bangkok is decorated with more than a million recycled bottles.
#63
I Found The Geographic Center Of The United States
#64
Ever Been Curious What It Looked Like Behind An Mlb Videoboard?
#65
There's A Beer Bottle 35,000 Feet Down Into The Deepest Point Of Earth, The Challenger Deep
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ThatCrazyChick 1 year ago
I love this. It's cool to see a different perspective of common areas.
ThatCrazyChick 1 year ago
I love this. It's cool to see a different perspective of common areas.
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