25 Mistakenly-Pictured Parts Of The World

Some parts of the world's greatest tourism hotspots just don't look great on postcards.
25 Mistakenly-Pictured Parts Of The World

Picture the Roman Pantheon. You got it in your head, right? A historical place, made centuries ago, a bit weathered yet still looking impressive and triumphant. Do you have that image in your head? The one instill in you from that one movie you saw that one time? Good. Now picture a McDonald's across the street.

Thanks to TV, movies, or our own dumb imaginations, we have a pretty inaccurate picture of what the world looks like. Thanks to Hollywood we can have an idealized version of certain monuments or other historical places. On the other hand, thanks to movie bias, a place that is considered small or dangerous is actually large or safer to live in real life.

That's why we asked our Cracked readers to shed some light on this planet we live on, and enlighten the unwashed masses. You'll be surprised to see what normalizing wonders they have found.

This is the Roman Pantheon. MAGRIPPALPCOSTERTIVMIFECIT This is how it looks from the McDonald's across the street... ADOFCOSTEE VMFECIT M M
DUNDER Fans of The Office MIFFLIN, might imagine Scranton, PA as small, quiet suburban town.. PAPER COMPANY When in fact Scranton is actually a bust
This is Greenland. This is Iceland. CRACKED CON
Mars looks nothing like this. The original Mars photos were in black and white. The colour was added by NASA due to the idea of the 'Red Planet. Mars
Not all of Canada looks like this: The Osoyoos Desert, for example: Complete with cacti. scorpions, rattlesnakes, might not technically be considered
HO LLYWOOD TULLWOUV VALK or FAME Just an average street, with a theatre, a train station, and some used car lots. RZ CRACKEDCONM
DAY... WELCOME TO Falrlous LAS VEGAS N EVADA ALADDIN OR NIGHT... A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO SEE THE ISIGHTS... JUST DON'T LOOK DOWN! CRACKED.COM
Wewelsburg Castle has long been plagued by Neo-Nazis coming to pay their respects to the SS organization that was once headquartered here. Many come p
PRES. GEORGE W BUSH ON HIS CRAWEORD RANCH. WANTING TO PROJECTA FOLKSY TOUCH. COWBOY IMAGE THE CONNECTICUT BORN ND- RAISED ANDOVER CHEER LEADER AND Y
CRACKED CON The pyramids of Giza are not in the middle of nowhere... They are actually a few miles from the city of Giza!
CRACKEDCON Yes, when it's cold in Norway, people can go skiing. But you can surf in Norway too.
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CRACKED The Trevi Fountain. The Italians must have built this cultural masterpiece in a space which is fitting for it. Obviously it would have to be i
YES, this is Australia... KANGARCN HOPPET HEXT The Australian winter goes from June to October. and this year they're having record snowfall. Skiing a
SALISBURY PLAIN 300 SQUARE MILIS or SOUTHtRN ENCLAND Mosr kacwn TOR BINeve O STONEHENGE BUT WHiIE MOST POPLE PICTURE LUSH ROLLING HLIS HAlP of THE PLA
Ah! The mighty Rio Grande! For milllions of years, this majestic river has surged from Colorado, faster than a speeding locomotive, carving theRio Gra
THIS IS AL-MASJID AL-HARAM, COM THE SACRED MOSQUE OF MECCA AND THE HOLIEST SITE TO 1.6 BILLION PEOPLE... RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A CONSTRUCTION SITE.
NAPLES, Italy, is home to several historic masterpieces of sculpture and architecture. Unfortunately, city officials seem to be having a hard time. ke
Mount Rushmore is apparently REALLY tiny. CRACKED COM
VISIT A CONCENTRATION CAMP! STALAG:328 IN LVIV, UKRAINE APPROPRIATED: BY THE NAZIS IN 1941, THIS CITADEL IS THE TOWER OF DEATH WHERE OVE 100.000 PEO
nebulae are invisible up close. Due to conservation oF surface brightness, the closer yOu get to a nebula, the dimmer it appears. It's a better stra
With temperature that can reach 120'F (49 C) and an average rainfall of just under 2in, Death Valley is one of the hottest and driest places on earth.
Is this Denver, CO? Vancouver, BC? Nope! This is Tehran, Iran Nestled at the foot of the Alborz Mountain Range, Tehran can be the recipient of strong
CRACKED CON The moon is dark gray, rather than white. It has a low albedo, reflecting about 12% of the light it receives, as much as asphalt pavement
Michelangelo's paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel? Little biT harder to see from the floor. CRACKED COM
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