These 9 Famous Landmarks Look Absolutely Stunning... Until You Zoom Out

Let's play a game! We've all seen the stock photo versions of these world-famous landmarks. Some of us have even been there. But what they don't normally give us on the tourist brochures is the view from a few hundred feet back, or up, or from the Pizza Hut nearby. And so we present: Postcard vs. Reality.



Below we've rounded up a few of the more surprising finds, with a hat tip to Reddit users ArmoredCavalry and xordis.





The Great Pyramids of Giza



The postcard version...



Image credit: gloria_euyoque/flickr



Reality!







Stonehenge



The postcard version...





Reality!







Niagara Falls



The postcard version...





Reality!







The Taj Mahal



The postcard version...





Reality!







The Brandenburg Gate



The postcard version...





Reality!







The Acropolis



The postcard version...





Reality!







Mount Rushmore



The postcard version...





Reality!



Image credit: AP





The Forbidden City



The postcard version...





Reality!







The Hollywood sign



The postcard version...





Reality!





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